Pharmacologic labour analgesia and its relationship to postpartum psychiatric disorders: a scoping review.

CONCLUSIONS: Future studies should correlate screen-positive findings with clinical diagnosis; consider adjusting the timing of screening to include the antepartum period, early postpartum, and late postpartum periods; and consider the degree of labour pain relief and the specific pharmacologic labour analgesia used when evaluating postpartum psychiatric disorders. PMID: 32020416 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia - February 3, 2020 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Munro A, MacCormick H, Sabharwal A, George RB Tags: Can J Anaesth Source Type: research