Epidural analgesia during labour and stress markers in the newborn.

This study found no significative differences in blood stress response markers between the epidural analgesia group and the control group. Under this study circumstances we found out that epidural analgesia does not significantly influence the newborn's well-being during labour and delivery.What are the implications of these findings for clinical practice and/or further research? These findings must be confirmed by further studies to verify whether epidural analgesia is safe for the newborn's development. PMID: 32496840 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology - June 6, 2020 Category: OBGYN Tags: J Obstet Gynaecol Source Type: research