• Chih-Yao Chen, Yi-Ning Su, Tzu-Hung Lin, Yi Chang, Huann-Cheng Horng, Peng-Hui Wang, Chang-Ching Yeh, Wen-Hsun Chang, and Hsin-Yi Huang.
• Dianthus MFM Center Minquan, Dianthus MFM Group, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
• Taiwan J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Dec 1; 55 (6): 804-809.

ObjectiveThe aim of this retrospective observational study was to determine the efficacy of carbetocin in reducing blood loss and primary postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) in vaginal and cesarean deliveries in a tertiary hospital in Taiwan.Materials And MethodsEligible gravid women (27-41 weeks) with available data were categorized into those treated prophylactically with and without carbetocin. The primary outcome was blood loss and incidence of primary PPH as measured by intrapartum/intraoperative and postpartum (recovery room) blood loss.ResultsA total of 1069 deliveries were evaluated. Maternal age (∼31 years of age), body mass index (∼27 kg/m2) and parity (∼1.4) were similar among those treated with and without carbetocin for both vaginal and cesarean deliveries. The majority [749/1069 (70.1%)] of deliveries were vaginal; a similar proportion of women undergoing vaginal [221/749 (29.5%)] and cesarean [110/320 (34.4%)] deliveries received prophylactic carbetocin for prevention of PPH. Among vaginal deliveries, there was no significant difference in intrapartum (p = 0.083) or postpartum (p = 0.925) blood loss, or incidence of PPH (p = 0.092) between women with versus without carbetocin prophylaxis. However, there was a significant reduction in the intraoperative and total blood loss among cesarean deliveries with versus without carbetocin prophylaxis (p < 0.001). The incidence of PPH was higher [84/320 (26.3%)] among cesarean than among vaginal deliveries [62/749 (8.3%)], but was significantly lower among cesarean deliveries with [18 (16.36%)] versus without [66 (30.45%); p = 0.003] carbetocin prophylaxis.ConclusionIn Taiwan, prophylactic use of carbetocin resulted in significantly less blood loss and incidence of PPH in cesarean than in vaginal deliveries.Copyright © 2016. Published by Elsevier B.V.

26 keywords...

hide…