1Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Vardhman Institute of Medical Sciences, Pawapuri
2Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physiology, Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna
3Senior Resident, Dept. of Physiology, Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna
4Prof & Head, Dept of Physiology, Darbhanga Medical College
5Prof. &Head, Dept of Physiology, IGIMS, Patna
6Senior Resident, Dept. of Physiology, Lady Hardinge Medical College & Hospital, Delhi
To investigate and compare the neonatal bilirubin levels in oxytocin induced delivery and spontaneous vaginal delivery.
Eighty full term parturients were selected for this study. All had uncomplicated pregnancies and were under no medications except for iron preparation. The sub jects were divided into two subgroups according to onset of labour and mode of delivery. The first group consisted of 30 healthy babies of women who had received oxytocin infusion during labour for induction and the second group which formed the control group consisted of 50 healthy babies of women with normal vaginal delivery following spontaneous onset of labour Neonatal serum bilirubin was measured on in cord blood on day 1 and later on capillary blood bilirubin level was measured on 3rd and 5th day of delivery and the datas were compared
The levels of bilirubin in oxytocin induced group was significantly higher than those of spontaneously delivered group on day 1 and day3 (1.366±0.2563 versus 1.1662±0.3091, P=0.0039) & (5.719 ± 0.7624 versus 5.2703 ± 0.9497,P=0.0482) while the levels were higher but not significantly so on day 5 (4.661 ± 0.5663 versus 4.4976 ± 1.017, P=0.4452)
Induction of labour with oxytocin does not seem to cause neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia or neonatal jaundice.
Oxytocin, Induction, Neonatal Bilirubin
