Status:

COMPLETED

Early Initiation of Oral Feeding Versus Traditional Feeding Post Caesarean Section

Lead Sponsor:

Darlington-Peter Chibuzor Ugoji

Conditions:

Complication

Postoperative

Eligibility:

FEMALE

15-45 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Early initiation of oral feeding, within 6-12 hours post-caesarean section, has been noticed to be well tolerated by patients and helps them recover fast. Our study aimed to evaluate the tolerability,...

Detailed Description

BACKGROUND: Early initiation of oral feeding, within 6-12 hours post-caesarean section, has been noticed to be well tolerated by patients and helps them recover fast. However, the traditional method o...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Pregnant women included in this study were those booked for elective or emergency caesarean section under spinal anaesthesia, for various indications from antenatal clinic, antenatal ward, labour ward and obstetric emergency unit who met inclusion criteria and consented to the study.

Exclusion

  • Women with prolonged obstructed labour.
  • Women with immunosuppression or HIV/AIDS
  • Women with eclampsia.
  • Women with medical complications of pregnancy such as:
  • Sickle cell anaemia, uncontrolled diabetes, uncontrolled hypertension.
  • Women who received general anaesthesia
  • Women with previous history of bowel surgery
  • Women on drugs that can cause constipation
  • Women with previous history of chronic constipation

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 15 2023

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 15 2023

Estimated Enrollment :

153 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06539117

Start Date

April 15 2023

End Date

December 15 2023

Last Update

August 6 2024

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AEFUTHA

Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria, 480101