Date Published

May 19, 2023

Updated For

ALS PCS Version ALS PCS Version 5.2

Question:

Is there a gestational age limit on administering oxytocin? For example, you have a patient that has miscarried in the first or second trimester and is hemorrhaging heavily after passing the fetus, would it be appropriate to treat with oxytocin?

Answer:

Oxytocin should be administered in postpartum delivery whereby the newborn is deemed to be an age of viability (‰¥ 20 weeks).

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