The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether manual removal of the placenta during a cesarean delivery results in higher changes in the resistance of blood flow throughout the body, also called systemic vascular resistance (SVR)
Patients presenting to William Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak Labor and Delivery for a scheduled low transverse cesarean delivery will be asked to participate in a prospective, randomized study to evaluate any changes in systemic vascular resistance (SVR) pre- and post-delivery. After obtaining informed consent, the patients will be randomized to one of two groups: group 1 will have manual removal of the placenta at cesarean section and group 2 will have expressed removal of the placenta at cesarean section. Both groups will have a pre-operative continuous wave Doppler evaluation and a post-operative continuous wave Doppler evaluation at 24 hours after delivery. Continuous wave Doppler evaluation will be used pre- and post-operatively to evaluate any changes in SVR.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
19
Manual removal of placenta during cesarean delivery
Surgeon will perform an expressed delivery of the placenta
William Beaumont Hospital
Royal Oak, Michigan, United States
Hemodynamic profile, especially Systemic Vascular Resistance
Time frame: immediately before and 24 hours after cesarean delivery
development of postpartum preeclampsia
Time frame: within 1 week of delivery
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