Study outcomes
APL, PPH
SECONDARY, POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE, POSTPARTUM FEVER
The primary outcome was the time spent between initiating the oxytocin infusion and the start of the active phase of labor (APL) defined as cervical dilatation of 5 cm [The secondary outcome included: time to vaginal delivery (VD), cesarean delivery rate, intrapartum and postpartum fever, postpartum hemorrhage (PPH), Apgar scores at 1 and 5 min, newborn admission to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).