Why the study?
Does continuous lumbar epidural analgesia improve fetal acid-base status in mothers and fetuses in the second stage of labour?
Population
Mothers and fetuses in the second stage of labour
Comparison
Continuous lumbar epidural analgesia with… vs Conventionally managed second stage of labour
Design
Other
Follow-up
during the second stage of labour
Authors
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Epidural may blunt maternal acidosis in second-stage labor; leaves open fetal acid-base effects and should not yet change practice.
Does continuous lumbar epidural analgesia improve fetal acid-base status in mothers and fetuses in the second stage of labour?
Continuous lumbar epidural analgesia prevents maternal metabolic acidosis during the second stage of labour but does not prevent cumulative fetal metabolic acidosis.
Pearson et al. (1974) studied this question.
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