The Relationship between Epidural Analgesia during Childbirth and Childbirth Outcomes

Epidural analgesia has increased in usage dramatically in the United States as a means of comfort for labor pain. Prior studies have connected epidural analgesia to an increase in cesarean birth rate, an increase in use of instrumentation, an increase in length of labor, episiotomy rate, and mate...

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Main Author: Ramstad, Marsha
Format: Others
Published: North Dakota State University 2018
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10365/28727