Intravenous vs intramuscular oxytocin
Use of additional uterotonics · women in the 3rd stage of labour undergoing a vaginal birth.
Intravenous showed no clear difference in use of additional uterotonics compared with intramuscular oxytocin (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Intravenous versus intramuscular prophylactic oxytocin for reducing blood loss in the third stage of labour 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 0.78 [0.49, 1.25]6 studies · 7327 participantsLow