Uterine activity in the second stage of labour and the effect of epidural analgesia
- 1 December 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Vol. 92 (12) , 1246-1250
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.1985.tb04870.x
Abstract
Summary. Uterine activity was measured during the second stage of normal labour in 20 patients with and 31 patients without epidural analgesia. There was a significantly lower uterine activity integral (UAI) in patients having epidural analgesia, and it is suggested t h a t this may contribute to the increased rate of instrumental delivery associated with epidural analgesia.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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