Epidural Analgesia Compared with Combined Spinal–Epidural Analgesia during Labor in Nulliparous Women
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- 11 December 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 337 (24) , 1715-1719
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199712113372402
Abstract
Among nulliparous women, there appears to be an association between the use of epidural analgesia during labor and an increased risk of dystocia. We tested the hypothesis that combined spinal–epidural analgesia, which permits ambulation during labor, is associated with a lower incidence of dystocia than continuous lumbar epidural analgesia.Keywords
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