IV Glucose May Cut Labor Times in First-Time Moms Reduced labor time without increased complication rates

The Kaplan-Meier survival curve was also significant for the glucose group, meaning women in the intervention group delivered faster, Paré said at the presentation. In fact, the portion of patients who delivered within 2 hours and 20 minutes was 19% vs 8% in the control group. After 7.5 hours, three-quarters of the patients in the intervention group had delivered as opposed to 61% of the controls. When examining individual stages of labor, there was a trend towards significance for the group receiving glucose, though the results did not actually reach significance. http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/SMFM/62804?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2017-01-30&eun=g721819d0r&pos=2