Why the study?
Does lumbar epidural block with bupivacaine improve pain relief in women in labour?
Population
296 women in labour
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
during labour
Authors
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May support effective labor analgesia with epidural bupivacaine; observational data leave open effects on instrumental deliveries.
Does lumbar epidural block with bupivacaine improve pain relief in women in labour?
Lumbar epidural block with bupivacaine provides highly effective analgesia during labour but may increase the rate of instrumental deliveries.
Raabe et al. (1976) studied this question.
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