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May 1, 1999European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Practice of epidural analgesia for labour pain: a German survey

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Population

532 anaesthesia departments in Germany (representing 46.9% of all German obstetric units)

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

USUlrike M. StamerUniversity of BernAMAntje MesserschmidtSt. Vincentius-KlinikenHWHinnerk WulfPhilipps University of Marburg

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Implication

Labour epidural access remains limited in German departments; leaves open effective models for expanding dedicated 24-h services.

Structured PICO

P
Population
532 anaesthesia departments in Germany (representing 46.9% of all German obstetric units)
I
Intervention
Epidural analgesia for labour pain
O
Outcome
Current practice in obstetric analgesia

A 1996 survey of German anaesthesia departments revealed that epidural analgesia for labour was underutilized and often lacked dedicated 24-hour service.

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Stamer et al. (1999) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a899605a4df84145ecb1955https://doi.org/10.1097/00003643-199905000-00008
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