Oxytocin infusion rates for maintaining uterine tone during non-elective cesarean section in laboring patients: a randomized, controlled trial.

Purpose: Oxytocin infusions for uterine tone maintenance are recommended following initial low oxytocin doses during cesarean section. Very limited literature is available on the optimal infusion rates in laboring patients who have been earlier exposed to oxytocin.

Methods: 105 patients, having received oxytocin for induction/augmentation of labor, received oxytocin infusions at rates of 2.