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• TITLE: Impact of Epidural Analgesia in Labour on Neonatal and Maternal Outcomes

  AUTHORS: Nora Tawhid Söderholm, Sahruh Turkmen

  KEYWORDS: Obstetric, Visual Analogue Scale, Maternal Satisfaction, Apgar Score, Perineal Injury, Mode of Delivery, Foetal Blood Gases

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol.8 No.9, August 1, 2018

  ABSTRACT: Aim: To evaluate the effect of epidural analgesia during labour on neonatal-maternal outcomes. Methods: A retrospective cohort study of nulliparous parturients who gave birth in Vasternorrland County, Sweden, over a 2-year period between 2015 and 2016. Neonatal outcomes (Apgar score at 5 min and umbilical cord arterial blood gases), maternal outcomes (perineal injury, total bleeding volume and maternal satisfaction with birth) and labour parameters (mode of delivery and the durations of labour and postpartum hospital stay) were evaluated. Results: The study cohort consisted of 1449 women with singleton pregnancies. Patients were divided into two groups according to whether during labour they were administered epidural analgesia using bupivacaine and sufentanil (EDA group, n = 615) or not (non-EDA group, n = 834). The rate of assisted vaginal delivery was significantly higher in the EDA group than in the non-EDA group (15.6% and 11.3%, respectively, p Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that EDA affects delivery and neonatal-maternal outcomes negatively, but increases the mother’s satisfaction with labour.