Fluid therapy in pregnancy and childbirth

What is sueroterapia?

Intravenous fluid therapy is a term used to define the administration of fluids through a vein.

The fluid therapy is one common medical intervention in the treatment of any patient who is hospitalized. These liquids are introduced drug can be added if necessary, the dose will be regulated according to the number of milliliters when it is administered to the patient.

What kind of liquid form the basis of serum therapy?

There are a variety of sera available to the physician, according to want to have an effect on the patient or another, but the most used are liquid with a larger base of sugar or salt-rich. The different serums are designed to contribute whatever is necessary for the patient at all times, and its proper use does not significantly alter the concentration of other substances that also circulate in the blood.

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What fluid therapy used in pregnancy?

The fluid therapy in pregnancy is used with the same as for any other patient therapeutic purposes, but unique circumstances of pregnant women, such as the induction of labor or stimulation.

What is medication to induce labor?

When a woman is not in labor , but the gynecologist decides to initiate labor, either maternal or fetal risk problems, there is a substance administered through the vein helps the woman goes into labor; this substance is oxytocin.

How does oxytocin?

Oxytocin is a substance which is released naturally in the time of delivery, and acts causing uterine contractions.

When it induces or stimulates childbirth, usually begin with small doses gradually will be increased depending on the response to closely monitor what uterine contractions of the mother and fetal tolerance to these contractions is observed.

Other uses of sueroterapia

• A common occurrence in obstetric practice is the need to stop preterm labor, ie a fetus less than 37 weeks. For the treatment of preterm labor drugs that try to stop the contractions that women have used these cases. This treatment is often being done with sera introduced intravenously.
• There is a condition called hyperemesis gravidarum , which requires fluid therapy for resolution. Hyperemesis gravidarum is uncontrollable, continuous vomiting, which impair the general condition of the mother and are accompanied by progressive weight loss. This situation is resolved with the administration, through the veins of these fluids and nutrients that the patient can not tolerate oral.
• A circumstance in which the fluid therapy plays, once again, an essential role is at the time of control situations of excessively high stress in pregnancy, endangering their lives and that of the fetus.