A randomized, double-blinded, controlled trial of the effects of fluid rate and/or presence of dextrose in intravenous fluids on the labor course of nulliparas

• Published in: American journal of obstetrics and gynecology Vol. 217; no. 2; pp. 208.e1 - 208.e7
• Main Authors: Fong, Alex, Serra, Allison E., Caballero, Deysi, Garite, Thomas J., Shrivastava, Vineet K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.08.2017
• Subjects: active labor; Adult; Double-Blind Method; Female; Fluid Therapy; Glucose - administration & dosage; Glucose - analysis; Glucose - pharmacology; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Infusions, Intravenous - methods; intravenous fluid; labor course; Labor, Obstetric - drug effects; Male; nulliparity; Obstetrics and Gynecology; Parity; Pregnancy; Solutions - administration & dosage; Solutions - chemistry; Time Factors; labor course; intravenous fluid; active labor; nulliparity; Intravenous fluid

Prolonged labor has been demonstrated to increase adverse maternal and neonatal outcome. A practice that may decrease the risk of prolonged labor is the modification of fluid intake during labor. Several studies demonstrated that increased hydration in labor as well as addition of dextrose-containin...