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Effect of the Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths on the use of Syntocinon at Caesarean section in the UK.
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Anaesthesia [Anaesthesia] 2003 Mar; Vol. 58 (3), pp. 277-9. - Publication Year :
- 2003
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Abstract
- The recommended dose of Syntocinon used for uterine contraction at Caesarean section is5 units intravenously, given slowly. We conducted a survey of the use of Syntocinon at Caesarean section among 240 lead obstetric anaesthetists in the UK in 2001 and found that 155 (87%) of the 179 (75%) respondents gave 10 units, 77 of them (50%) by rapid bolus. The risks of Syntocinon, especially given by rapid injection, were highlighted in the report of the Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths in the UK (1997-99), which was published at the end of 2001, and so the survey was repeated in 2002. Of the 256 forms sent, 198 completed replies were returned (77%); these indicated a dramatic change of practice: only 30 (15%) now gave 10 units and only 7 of these (23%) by a rapid injection. One hundred and sixty-seven respondents to the second survey (84%) stated they had changed their practice and 159 of these (95%) gave the Confidential Enquiries report as the main reason for change. These results highlight the importance of the Confidential Enquiries as a means of improving practice.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0003-2409
- Volume :
- 58
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Anaesthesia
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 12638569
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2044.2003.30435.x