Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia associated with oxytocin induced labour

ABSTRACT

To find out a possible relationship between the use of oxytocin to induce and accelerate labour and subset' development of neonatal hyperbilirabinemia, 150 full term newborns were studied. These included 52 children born to mothers, whose labour was induced by oxytocin, 48 children born of spontaneous vaginal deliveries and 50 children delivered through lower segment caesarean section. The results showed a definite increase in serum hilintbin of infants horn after intraparlton use of oxytoc as compared to infants born of spontaneous vaginal delivery and lower segment caesarean section. Possible factor associated with this phenomenon have been discussed