Early Oral Intake Following Cesarean Surgery

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Obstetrics Surgery

Age range

20 year–35 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Arash Hospital

Tehran, Tehran Province, 19986, Iran

About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Women who had elective cesarean deliveries under regional anesthesia

Exclusion criteria

Receiving general anesthesia, magnesium sulfate or insulin.
Coming across an intraoperative bowel injury.
Having any medical or gastrointestinal problem that prohibits early feeding

Treatment and study plan

Oral Intake following admittance to the postpartum ward

Procedure

Primary outcomes

Tolerance of Oral Intake

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Early Oral Intake Following Elective Cesarean Surgery in Iranian Women; the Economic Burdens and Patient Satisfaction

Important dates

Study start: 2003
Study completion: 2004
First posted: Sep 1, 2006
Registry last updated: Sep 7, 2006

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