Why the study?
Does paracervical block during labour affect infant neurobehavioral response?
Does paracervical block during labour affect infant neurobehavioral response?
Paracervical block during labour does not appear to adversely affect infant neurobehavioral responses or umbilical cord blood gases.
Supports paracervical block as safe labor analgesia; extends RCT evidence on neonatal outcomes.
30 parturient women were randomized into a group receiving paracervical block (PCB) and a control group. The infants were tested by a neurobehavioral examination immediately after birth, after 3 hours and 3 days. The examiner was unaware of the obstetrical management of the patients. No clinically significant differences could be detected between the two groups. Arterial and venous pO2, pCO2 and pH from the umbilical cord showed no differences between the groups.
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