Cooling the Lower Abdomen for Preventing Postpartum Hemorrhage: A Randomized Controlled Trial

UMIN ID: UMIN000019834

Registered date:01/12/2015

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Complete: follow-up complete
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: women at delivery
• Date of first enrollment: 2016/01/18
• Target sample size: 150
• Countries of recruitment: Japan
• Study type: Interventional

Intervention(s)

Cooling the lower abdomen by putting an ice pack during 2 hours after delivery
No treatment

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: Total blood loss within 2 hours after the birth
• Secondary Outcome: Blood loss of 500g or more within 2 hours after the birth Use of additional uterotonics Blood loss of 1000g or more within 2 hours after the birth

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: Not applicable
• Age maximum: Not applicable
• Gender: Female
• Exclude criteria: placenta praevia, previous PPH(>1000ml), in utero fetal death, number of previous birth>4, eclampsia, polyhydramnios, a severe haemostasis disease, EFBW>4000g, BMI>40, PIH, impairment of liver function, placental abruption, emergency C/S, use of uterotonics during the third stage of labor, and multiple gestations and those who did not understand Japanese

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Graduate School of Nursing Science St. Luke's International University
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science