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
Active Locations (1)
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AEFUTHA
Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria, 480101