Uterine Cooling During Cesarean Delivery to Reduce Blood Loss and Incidence of Postpartum Hemorrhage

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Postpartum Hemorrhage, Uterine Atony

In brief

The objective of the study is to demonstrate whether cooling the uterine smooth muscle during cesarean section (following delivery of the fetus) will promote better uterine contraction and involution resulting in lower blood loss, use of fewer uterotonic medications, and fewer hysterectomies following cesarean section. The investigators suspect that it may.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02229513

Run by

Baylor Research Institute

People needed

200

Starts

2013-07-01

Expected to finish

2014-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-01-19

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Pregnant adult women of any gravidity, and gestational duration who present for cesarean section at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas and who have given informed consent to be in the study.

You may not qualify if…

• Women who refuse to be in the study, and women who are unable to consent due to emergent nature of the cesarean section will be excluded. Women who are unable to understand the nature of the study due to mental illness, mental retardation, medical condition, or other communication barrier will be excluded.
• Inability to exteriorize the uterus during c-section.

Where it is running

• Baylor University Medical Center — Dallas, Texas, United States

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