Regional Obstetric Anesthesia and Newborn Behavior: Effect Over the First Ten Days of Life
- 30 June 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in Pediatrics
- Vol. 58 (1) , 94-100
- https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.58.1.94
Abstract
This study examined the effects of carefully controlled amounts of analgesic premedications and anesthetics [lidocaine, .alpha.-prodine, promazine and mepivocaine] administered to mothers during delivery on the behavior of the newborn over the first 10 days of life. The subjects were selected to minimize the synergistic effects of medication and other stress factors, such as abnormalities of pregnancy, labor or delivery. The effects of these drugs on the behavior of these infants was small. The data provide a picture of the behavioral recovery of a group of minimally stressed newborns.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit: