Maternal arterial desaturation with 15-methyl prostaglandin F2 alpha for uterine atony

Hankins, G.D.; Berryman, G.K.; Scott, R.T.; Hood, D.

Obstetrics and Gynecology 72(3 Part 1): 367-370

1988


ISSN/ISBN: 0029-7844
PMID: 3261408
Document Number: 316852
Over a six-month period, five women with severe uterine atony and postpartum hemorrhage developed marked maternal arterial oxygen desaturation within five to ten minutes of the administration of 15-methyl prostaglandin F2 alpha. The average fall from baseline was 10.4 +/- 5.4%, to a mean arterial oxygen saturation of 88.8 +/- 5.45%. The desaturation was accompanied by acute increases, averaging 20.7 +/- 5.9%, in the intrapulmonary shunt.

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