Maternal plasma levels of oxytocin during physiological childbirth – a systematic review with implications for uterine contractions and central actions of oxytocin

Uvnäs‐Moberg, Kerstin; Ekström, Anette; Berg, Marie; Buckley, Sarah; Pajalić, Zada; Hadjigeorgiou, Eleni; Kotłowska, Alicja; Lengler, Luise; Kiełbratowska, Bogumiła; León-Larios, Fátima; Meier Magistretti, Claudia; Downe, Soo; Lindström, Bengt; Dencker, Anna

doi:10.1186/s12884-019-2365-9

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Maternal plasma levels of oxytocin during physiological childbirth – a systematic review with implications for uterine contractions and central actions of oxytocin

Published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth • Aug 9, 2019

Authors:

Kerstin Uvnäs‐Moberg

Anette Ekström

Marie Berg

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Oxytocin is a key hormone in childbirth, and synthetic oxytocin is widely administered to induce or speed labour. Due to lack of synthetized knowledge, we conducted a systematic review of maternal plasma levels of oxytocin during physiological childbirth, and in response to infusions of ...

Subject

Oxytocin

Medicine

Childbirth

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