Study Status: Active, not recruiting
Recruit Status: Active, not recruiting
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Effect Of Intra-muscular Administration of Dexamethasone on the Duration of Induction of Labour in Primigravida Post-term Pregnancy.
Brief Summary:
ABSTRACT:
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of dexamethasone on labor duration and to establish whether dexamethasone plays a role in shorting the duration interval between initiation of labor induction and beginning of the active phase in primigravida full-term pregnancy.
Methods: case control study included 86 primigravidae with full term pregnancy classified into two groups: The participant of Group I will receive a prefilled syringe with two milliliters (8 mg) of Dexamethasone intramuscular, and the participants of Group II will not receive Dexamethasone or any other cervical ripening agent.
Key Words: Dexamethasone;post-term pregnancy;induction of labor.