Efficacy of Castor Oil as Labor Inducing Agent and its Fetomaternal Outcome in Tertiary Care Centre
Abstract: Background: Labor is a fastidious journey and secret of its successful culmination depend on coordination between contracting uterus and ripening cervix. Induction of labor is an obstetric procedure, designed to pre-attempt the natural process of labor by initiating its onset artificially, before this occurs spontaneously. Castor oil is an herbal preparation that has been used for induction of labor from ancient Egypt until now5, but it has not achieved destined popularity. Castor oil is a vegetable oil, pressed from castor beans. Castor oil is an effective agent for induction of labor and cervical ripening at term, when compared to other methods of labor induction. Objective: Our study is being carried out to assess the efficacy of castor oil as a labor inducing agent and its fetomaternal outcome in tertiary care Centre. Material and methods: It was a descriptive study carried out at umaid hospital, Dr. S. N. medical college, Jodhpur, a tertiary care hospital in Rajasthan from month of May 2020 to July 2020. All women with 37 completed weeks gestation with single live fetus in cephalic presentation with a Bishops score
Keywords: Induction of labor, cervical ripening
How to Cite?: Dr. Poonam Singh, Dr. Hanslata Gehlot, "Efficacy of Castor Oil as Labor Inducing Agent and its Fetomaternal Outcome in Tertiary Care Centre", Volume 9 Issue 8, August 2020, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 932-935, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=SR20814184700, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/SR20814184700