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Editorial
. 2018 Oct 4;6(3):405-407.
doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-18-00336. Print 2018 Oct 3.

New Evidence on Carbetocin: Another Arrow in Our Quiver

Steve Hodgins  1
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Editorial

New Evidence on Carbetocin: Another Arrow in Our Quiver

Steve Hodgins. Glob Health Sci Pract. .

Abstract

Carbetocin is more heat stable than oxytocin with at least equivalent efficacy for preventing postpartum hemorrhage. It will certainly be helpful if the supplier can make it available in low-income country settings at a price comparable to oxytocin. But even so, programs will still need oxytocin and other uterotonic medications.

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  • Heat-Stable Carbetocin versus Oxytocin to Prevent Hemorrhage after Vaginal Birth.
    Widmer M, Piaggio G, Nguyen TMH, Osoti A, Owa OO, Misra S, Coomarasamy A, Abdel-Aleem H, Mallapur AA, Qureshi Z, Lumbiganon P, Patel AB, Carroli G, Fawole B, Goudar SS, Pujar YV, Neilson J, Hofmeyr GJ, Su LL, Ferreira de Carvalho J, Pandey U, Mugerwa K, Shiragur SS, Byamugisha J, Giordano D, Gülmezoglu AM; WHO CHAMPION Trial Group. Widmer M, et al. N Engl J Med. 2018 Aug 23;379(8):743-752. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1805489. Epub 2018 Jun 27. N Engl J Med. 2018. PMID: 29949473 Clinical Trial.

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