Local-Regional Anesthesia during Childbirth: Effect on Newborn Behaviors
- 15 November 1974
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 186 (4164) , 634-635
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.186.4164.634
Abstract
Administration of local-regional anesthesia during norgnal deliveries was correlated significantly with newborn behaviors as evaluated by the Brazelton neonatal assessment scale. Three days after birth, infants whose mothers received local-regional anesthesia were more irritable and motorically less mature than those infants whose mothers were not medicated.Keywords
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