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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 16.
Published in final edited form as: Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Aug;118(2 0 1):249–256. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3182220192

Table 1. Oxytocin regimen for labor augmentation in selected institutions.

Hospital Institutional oxytocin protocol Oxytocin database
Starting dose (mU/min.) Increments (mU/min.) Time interval between increments (minutes) Maximum dose (mU/min.) Starting dose (N) Median increment dose (mU/min.) Highest dose used (median, 10th and 90th percentile)
A Low=1 or 2
High = 4		 Low = 1-2
High = 4		 Low = 30
High = 30		 Low = 20
High = 20		 1= 659
2= 415
4= 174		 2
2
3		 7 (3, 17)
8 (4, 18)
12 (6, 20)
B 1= 441
2= 687
4= 1010		 2
2
4		 7 (3, 19)
6 (4, 18)
12 (6, 20)
C 1= 1149
2= 391
4= 804		 2
2
4		 7 (3, 19)
6 (4, 18)
12 (5, 20)
D 1= 56
2= 245
4= 2683		 2
3
4		 8 (3, 19)
8 (4, 20)
12 (6, 20)
E 1= 171
2= 443
4= 1914		 2
2
4		 6 (3, 16)
6 (4, 16)
12 (4, 20)
F Low=2
High=4		 Low=15
High=15		 Primiparas=36
Multiparas=24		 1= 215
2= 2813
4= 784		 2
3
3		 8 (2, 15)
11 (8, 26)
16 (8, 34)