Ana Belén Hernández López, Cristina Muriel Miguel, Aurora Fernández-Cañadas Morillo, Carolina López Lapeyrere, Tirso Pérez Medina, Ángel Salcedo Mariña, Inocencia Fornet Ruiz, Esther Rubio González, Montserrat Solís Muñoz
There is a lack of consensus in the international scientific community with respect to the most suitable hydration strategies when attending nulliparous women during low-risk births. This paper describes the protocol for a randomized controlled trial to compare two hydration strategies and their influence on maternal and neonatal morbidity. The study population consists of nulliparous women admitted to the obstetrics department of a University Hospital. The women are being randomized into two groups: the "optimal hydration" group, which will be guaranteed 300 ml/hr liquids (crystalloids and bottled mineral water) with a minimum diuresis of 35 ml/hr; and the "variability in hydration" group, which will receive intravenous (alternating normal saline, Ringer's lactate solution, glucose, or Voluven®) and clear (bottled mineral water or isotonic drinks [Aquarius®]) liquids, without any established perfusion rate, and without established minimum diuresis...
December 2, 2019: Research in Nursing & Health