Early Oral Intake Following Cesarean Surgery

Surgery Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00370708
• Other study ID #: 1383FK
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: August 31, 2006
• Last updated: September 6, 2006
• Start date: April 2003
• Est. completion date: February 2004

Study information

• Verified date: April 2004
• Source: Tehran University of Medical Sciences
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Iran: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

Description:

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: February 2004
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 20 Years to 35 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

Women who had elective cesarean deliveries under regional anesthesia

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Receiving general anesthesia, magnesium sulfate or insulin.

2. Coming across an intraoperative bowel injury.

3. Having any medical or gastrointestinal problem that prohibits early feeding

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Single Blind, Primary Purpose: Supportive Care

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Obstetrics
• Surgery

Intervention

Procedure:
• Oral Intake following admittance to the postpartum ward

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Iran, Islamic Republic of	Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Arash Hospital	Tehran

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Iran, Islamic Republic of, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Tolerance of Oral Intake