Calcium gluconate to reduce bleeding during vaginal birth
Treatments studied
Part of Women’s health & pregnancy clinical trials.
This study tests if giving calcium gluconate during childbirth can reduce blood loss. It might help women having a vaginal delivery after 37 weeks of pregnancy.
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Who can take part
- You are at least 18 years old
- You are 37 weeks pregnant or more
- You are planning to have a vaginal delivery
- You are not taking calcium channel blockers (a type of blood pressure medicine)
- You do not have severe preeclampsia (a pregnancy complication with high blood pressure) that is being treated with magnesium sulfate
- You do not have chronic kidney failure with high phosphorus levels, parathyroid disease, or sarcoidosis
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