• How much synthetic oxytocin is infused during labour? A review and analysis of regimens used in 12 countries 

      Daly, Deirdre; Minnie, Karin; Blignaut, Alwiena; Blix, Ellen; Nilsen, Anne Britt Vika; Dencker, Anna; Beeckmann, Katrien; Gross, Mechthild M.; Pehelke-Milde, Jessica; Grylika-Baeschlin, Susanne; Koenig-Bachmann, Martina; Clausen, Jette Aaroe; Hadjigeorgiou, Eleni; Morano, Sandra; Iannuzzi, Laura; Baranowska, Barbara; Kiersnowska, Iwona; Uvnäs-Moberg, Kerstin (PLoS ONE; 15(7): e0227941, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-28)
      Objective: To compare synthetic oxytocin infusion regimens used during labour, calculate the International Units (IU) escalation rate and total amount of IU infused over eight hours. Design: Observational study. Setting: ...
    • Maternal plasma levels of oxytocin during physiological childbirth – a systematic review with implications for uterine contractions and central actions of oxytocin 

      Uvnäs Moberg, Kerstin; Berg, Marie; Ekström, Anette; Buckley, Sarah; Downe, Soo; Hadjigeorgiou, Eleni; Kielbratowska, Bogumila; Kotłowska, Alicja; Lengler, Luise; Leon-Larios, Fatima; Lindstrom, Bengt; Meier-Magistretti, Claudia; Pajalic, Zada; Dencker, Anna (BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth;19, Article number: 285 (2019), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-17)
      Background:Oxytocin is a key hormone in childbirth, and synthetic oxytocin is widely administered to induce orspeed labour. Due to lack of synthetized knowledge, we conducted a systematic review of maternal plasma levelsof ...