The Effect of Chewing Gum on Return of Bowel Activity after Caesarean Section: A Randomized Controlled Study (original) (raw)

2019

Abstract

Objective: To compare mean time to return of bowel motility and passage of first flatus after elective caesarean section between gum chewing and control group. Study Design: Randomized controlled study Place and Duration: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, DHQ Teaching Hospital, Rawalpindi, from 30th Dec, 2016 to 30th Jun, 2017. Methodology: After taking approval from the Ethical Review Committee of DHQ hospital and permission from all concerned authorities, study was initiated. All patients fulfilling the above mentioned inclusion criteria were explained the purpose and procedure of the study. Written informed consent was taken from the patient. A detailed history was taken and thorough physical examination was performed. Women were randomized by lottery method into two groups; group A (gum-chewing group) who had received one stick of sugar free gum for 15 minutes every 2 hours after surgery, and group B had a control group (non gum-chewing group). The two groups were follow...

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