The Effect of Warmed Parenteral Fluids During Delivery

The Effect of Warmed Parenteral Fluids During Vaginal Delivery and Cesarean Section

To evaluate the influence of warm IV fluids during delivery and cesarean section on perinatal outcomes.

Prospective randomized controlled trial. Assessing the influence of warmed parenteral fluids during delivery/cesarean section on the obstetrical and neonatal outcome. The investigators will randomize parturients during the active phase of labor to receive either body temperature warmed parenteral fluids or room temperature parenteral fluids. Both groups will receive the same fluid composition of 5% dextrose with normal saline. The investigators will compare the obstetrical and neonatal outcomes of the two groups.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Singleton pregnancies
• term pregnancies
• receiving parenteral fluids

Exclusion Criteria:

• high order pregnancies
• preterm pregnancies (before 37 weeks of gestation)
• known fetal major anomaly
• known fetal significant chromosomal/genetic abnormality