In 200 normal women in post partum a comparative study of the effects of ergonovine was made; half of the patients were controls and did not receive the drug; half of them received 0.2 mg. of ergonovine maleate i.m. immediately after expulsion of the placenta and the some amount every 6 hours per os; no significant difference was observed between both groups nor in the loss blood, neither in the uterine involution or muscle tone. On this basis the authors discuss the value of the routine administration of this type of drug s in the normal puerperium.

In 200 normal women in post partum a comparative study of the effects of ergonovine was made; half of the patients were controls and did not receive the drug; half of them received 0.2 mg. of ergonovine maleate i.m. immediately after expulsion of the placenta and the some amount every 6 hours per os; no significant difference was observed between both groups nor in the loss blood, neither in the uterine involution or muscle tone. On this basis the authors discuss the value of the routine administration of this type of drug s in the normal puerperium.

The purpose of this thesis is to try to demonstrate , through a comparative study , whether it is justifiable or not, the routine use of oxytocic during the immediate postpartum period ; analyzing the study from four perspectives : loss of lochia , uterine involution , and consistency of the uterus postpartum abdominal pain. Since 1807 when John Stearns of Sara toga, New York, a crude extract isolated erqotina begins to gain momentum citócicas the use of substances in the obstetric field; later , in 1934 , to isolate and standardize the alkaloid ergonovine , Davis et al. , helped to further the use of oxytocic pospartum were routinely used in ( 6). The reasons given for the use of these drugs by mouth are: a) no side effects , b ) cause a rapid involution of uterus , c ) decrease the puerperal blood loss and reduce morbidity postpartum d ) may condition the expulsion of retained placent...