Adverse Effects of Carbetocin versus Oxytocin in the Prevention of Postpartum Haemorrhage after Caesarean Section: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

	Oxytocin	Carbetocin
Age	29,9 ± 4.1	31,3 ± 4,3	0.2
Primiparous	7 (27%)	7 (22%)	NA
Indication for caesarean: repeat	16 (62%)	22 (69%)	NA
Indication for caesarean: breech	6 (23%)	6 (19%)	NA
Preoperative Hb (g/dL,)	11,7 ± 1,3	11,8 ± 1,3	0.8
Preoperative Hct (%)	33,9 ± 3,1	34,1 ± 3,4	0.7
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) last value before spinal/epidural	128 ± 13,3	129 ± 16,5	0.1
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) last value before spinal/epidural	76 ± 9,1	81 ± 9,3	0.3
Heart rate (beats per minute) last value before spinal/epidural	94 ± 14,0	90 ± 12,4	0.3

All values are mean ± standard deviation. NA: not applicable.