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Effects of maternal epidural analgesia on the neonate - a prospective cohort study.
- Source :
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Italian Journal of Pediatrics . 2014, Vol. 40 Issue 1, p33-41. 9p. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Background: Epidural analgesia is one of the most popular modes of analgesia for child birth. There are controversies regarding adverse effects and safety of epidural analgesia. This study was conducted to study the immediate effects of the maternal epidural analgesia on the neonate during early neonatal phase. Methods: A prospective cohort study of 100 neonates born to mothers administered epidural analgesia were compared with 100 neonates born to mothers not administered epidural analgesia in terms of passage of urine, initiation of breast feeding, birth asphyxia and incidence of instrumentation. Results: There was significant difference among the two groups in the passage of urine (p value 0.002) and incidence of instrumentation (p value 0.010) but there was no significant difference in regards to initiation of breast feeding and birth asphyxia. Conclusions: Epidural analgesia does not have any effect on the newborns in regards to breast feeding and birth asphyxia but did have effects like delayed passage of urine and increased incidence of instrumentation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *ACADEMIC medical centers
*ASPHYXIA neonatorum
*BREASTFEEDING
*CHI-squared test
*FISHER exact test
*LONGITUDINAL method
*MATHEMATICAL statistics
*MOTHERS
*OBSTETRICAL extraction
*OBSTETRICAL forceps
*URINE
*PARAMETERS (Statistics)
*TREATMENT effectiveness
*CASE-control method
*DATA analysis software
*LABOR pain (Obstetrics)
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*EPIDURAL analgesia
*CHILDREN
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17208424
- Volume :
- 40
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Italian Journal of Pediatrics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 100346687
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13052-014-0099-x