Post Operative Feeding After Cesarean Section

Feeding Patterns Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Randomized Controlled Study of Early Versus Delayed Oral Post Operative Feeding After Cesarean Section

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04338737
• Other study ID #: MS-235-2019
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: June 2020
• Est. completion date: April 2021

Study information

• Verified date: April 2020
• Source: Kasr El Aini Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

3 different post ceseraen secton feeding regmen are compared

Description:

300 women admitted to the labor and delivery unit in kasr Elainy teaching hospital, Following the decision to perform a cesarean section because of obstetric indications. The study involved only elective cesarean sections.

The 300 patients participated in this work and will be randomly and equally divided into three groups:

1. Group A :

It consists of 100 patients that will be allocated for early post-operative oral feeding receiving water and clear fluid approximately 2 hours after surgery, followed by soft food and regular diet 4 hours later irrespective to intestinal sounds, flatus or stool.

2. Group B :

It consists of 100 patients that will be allocated for early Postoperative oral feeding receiving water and clear fluid approximately 2 hours after surgery till the return of intestinal sounds, then soft food and regular diet later on.

3. Group C :

It consists of 100 patients that will receive no oral feeding till passage of flatus instead 2 to 3 Litres of intravenous fluid will be used for feeding. Water and fluid will be then offered, followed by soft foods and then a regular diet.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 300
• Est. completion date: April 2021
• Est. primary completion date: March 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 20 Years to 40 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Maternal age from 20 to 40.

• Primigravida and previous 1 or two cesarean section.

• Elective cesarean section.

• Regional anaesthesia.

• Singleton pregnancy

Exclusion Criteria:

• Medical disorders as (sever preeclampsia, diabetes, liver or kidney diseases).

• Intraoperative intestinal injury.

• Previous major abdominal surgery except cesarean section.

• Obstructed labor with

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Feeding Patterns

Intervention

Other:
• timming of feeding
post-operative oral feeding receiving water and clear fluid after surgery, followed by soft food and regular diet

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Kasr El Aini Hospital

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	duration minutes till return of bowel sound	hearing of intestinal sound	time interval in minutes from the end of surgery till the return of intestinal sound
Primary	maternal satisfaction from time of initiation of oral feeding after caesarean section.	Assessment of patient satisfaction before discharge from hospital using visual analogue scale.	before discharge from hospital (range of 24 hours)