Gum Chewing Following Cesarean In their research article entitled "Gum-Chewing Speeds Return of First Bowel Sounds but Not First Defecation after Cesarean Section," Harma et al. (2009) explore a two-fold research question. First, they looked into the duration of postoperative ileus if gum was chewed following a cesarean section. Secondly they looked at whether there was a difference in the results when comparing patients who chewed sugar-free gum with the results of those who chewed gum with sugar substitute in it. In the experiment, 76 women were divided into three categories, the control group, the sugar-free gum group, and the group who were given sugar-substituted gum. The patients who got to chew gum did so every fifteen minutes starting two hours after their surgery. What the researchers found was that there was no marked difference between the three groups in comparing the time it took to their first episode of flatus following the cesarean section. They also found that there was little or no difference in the time it took to have their first...
However, they did find that the first bowel sounds appeared in patients who were given the sugar-substituted gum far sooner than in either of the two groups. Those given sugar-substituted gum had the first bowel sounds at approximately 6.3 postoperative hours. The patients who were given sugar-free gum had the first bowel sounds at an average of 8.8 postoperative hours. Finally, patients in the control group experienced their first bowel sounds on average at 11.2 hours. Therefore, chewing sugar-free gum after a cesarean section is better than having no gum, but having sugar-substitute gum is the best possible solution if the goal is to produce the first bowel sounds. However, in terms of flatus and defecation, there is no significant difference between participants in any of the three groups.
Cesarean section rate in the United States has risen 30% and while the use of this method is in the form of a life-saving operation, cesarean section significantly increases a woman's risk morbidity mortality. This work will examine the potential risks to the mother and infant with cesarean section. The cesarean section for the United States will be examined and the rates compared to countries with much lower rates. This
Elective Cesarean Section There are many paths to consider when a person becomes pregnant. The parents must decide whether to keep the child or not, then what type of care they will have while pregnant, and finally how they will bring the child into the world. There is the traditional method of birth where the infant is pushed through the vagina and there is Cesarean Section, or C-Section, wherein the baby
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Arnold Palmer Hospital Labor and Delivery Workflow Analysis The Arnold Palmer Hospital (AHC) located in Orlando, Florida is considered one of the most efficient and patient-centric healthcare providers in the U.S. due to the customer satisfaction scores the facility receives and amount of patients the hospital sees on an annual basis. The AHC has been ranked fifth in patient satisfaction out of 5,000 hospitals and sees on average 1.5 million children
Pitocin Induction and Postpartum Hemorrhage THE SEARCH CONTINUES Is Pitocin Induction a Factor in Postpartum Hemorrhage? The induction of oxytocin injection has been a bane of contention in the medical community not only because it has been listed as a high-alert medication, which incurs serious risks to the patient, the fetus and the institution. It is also used frequently to manage postpartum hemorrhage. This quantitative correlational study analyzes and presents the findings of
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