450
Participants
Start Date
March 31, 2015
Primary Completion Date
December 31, 2016
Study Completion Date
January 31, 2017
Chewing gum
Chewing sugarless gum after the discharge from the operating room by two hours for at least half an hour at two hours intervals.
Oral fluids
Starting clear oral fluids after operating room discharge by six hours, then hearing intestinal sounds on second day before initiating full regular diet.
Intravenous fluids
Women in this group will not receive neither gum nor oral fluids, they will be on intravenous fluids (lactated ringer solution).
Postpartum ward of Armed Forces Hospital, Southern Region., Khamis Mushait
Armed Forces Hospitals, Southern Region, Saudi Arabia
OTHER_GOV
Ain Shams University
OTHER