TY - JOUR AU - Hassan, Laiqa AU - Tufail, Shazia AU - Aslam, Farheen AU - Mustafa, Nilofar AU - Ahmed, Arub AU - Qamar, Saima PY - 2021/10/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - EARLY VERSUS DELAYED ORAL INTAKE IN PATIENTS AFTER CESAREAN SECTION UNDER REGIONAL ANESTHESIA: Early Versus Delayed Oral Intake JF - Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal JA - PAFMJ VL - 71 IS - 5 SE - Original Articles DO - 10.51253/pafmj.v71i5.3499 UR - https://pafmj.org/PAFMJ/article/view/3499 SP - 1559-62 AB - <p><strong>Objective:</strong> To compare the outcome in early versus delayed oral intake in patients after cesarean section under regional anesthesia.</p><p><strong>Study Design:</strong> Quasi-experimental study.</p><p><strong>Place and Duration of Study:</strong> Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Combined Military Hospital Lahore, from Dec 2017 to May 2018.</p><p><strong>Methodology:</strong> A total of 352 women undergoing elective cesarean section under regional anesthesia, nil by mouth for at least 8 hours before surgery were divided in 2 groups. In group 1, patients were given sips of clear oral fluid (water) &lt;5 hours after cesarean section and in group 2, patients received sips of water 8 hours following surgery. Bowel motility was assessed after surgery on hourly basis. Data about time interval to first bowel movement and ileus were noted.</p><p><strong>Results:</strong> Mean age of patients was 32.329 ± 3.44 years and 33.051 ± 3.64 years in group 1 and 2 respectively. Mean gestational age and body mass index was 38.50 ± 0.93 weeks and 29.824 ± 4.97 kg/m2 in group-1 versus 37.937 ± 0.98 weeks and 27.779 ± 2.81 kg/m2 in group 2. Mean duration of surgery was 47.096 ± 6.65 minutes in group-1 and 47.647 ± 8.76 minutes in group 2. Ileus was seen in 17% patients in group-1 and 34.1% in group-2 (p&lt;0.001). Mean time interval for first bowel movement was 8.323 ± 1.20 hours in group-1 and 13.034 ± 2.54 hours in group 2 (p&lt;0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> Early feeding after an uncomplicated cesarean section has reduced rate of ileus symptoms and mean time interval for bowel......</p> ER -