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  • Title: Management of the third stage of labour in the midwife obstetric units in Cape Town.
    Author: Van Coeverden de Groot HA, Howland RC, Vader CG.
    Journal: S Afr Med J; 1982 Sep 25; 62(14):478. PubMed ID: 6981854.
    Abstract:
    A revised scheme of management of the third stage of labour was recently introduced in the Midwife Obstetric Units in Cape Town. Patients received synthetic oxytocin (Syntocinon; Sandoz) 5 IU intramuscularly with the delivery of the anterior shoulder and ergometrine maleate 0.5 mg intramuscularly after delivery of the placenta. A significant decrease in the incidence of postpartum haemorrhage and retained placenta was observed, warranting continuation of the new regimen.
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