Early Oral Intake Following Cesarean Surgery

Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Overview

In this study we are trying to compare the safety and financial benefit of starting the realimentation early versus conventional oral intake following the Cesarean surgery in Iran.

Cesarean delivery is announced to constitute 50% of deliveries in the Capital and 39% of all the deliveries nationwide, which is far beyond the acceptable international normal range, according to the official site of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education of the Islamic Republic of Iran \[http://www.mohme.gov.ir/HNDC/Indicators/Simaye\_Salamt/Simaye\_Salamat.htm\]. This high rate of elective cesarean deliveries might be due to several reasons which are far beyond the scope of this study. Here we tried to see whether the reduction in the time of hospitalization for these patients is safe at the expense of earlier oral realimentation and to see whether this strategy increases the patients' satisfaction or not.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE

Conditions

Obstetrics Surgery

Interventions

Oral Intake following admittance to the postpartum wardPROCEDURE

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 20 YearsMax age: 35 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: Women who had elective cesarean deliveries under regional anesthesia Exclusion Criteria: 1. Receiving general anesthesia, magnesium sulfate or insulin. 2. Coming across an intraoperative bowel injury. 3. Having any medical or gastrointestinal problem that prohibits early feeding

Locations (1)

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Arash Hospital

Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Tolerance of Oral Intake

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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