Why the study?
Does continuous extradural analgesia reduce the increase in maternal plasma cortisol concentrations during labour compared to parenteral analgesia?
Population
24 patients undergoing induced labour and in the puerperium (two groups of 12)
Comparison
Continuous extradural analgesia throughout labour vs Parenteral analgesia
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
Through labour and puerperium
Authors
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May blunt labour stress response; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Does continuous extradural analgesia reduce the increase in maternal plasma cortisol concentrations during labour compared to parenteral analgesia?
Continuous extradural analgesia blunts the stress-induced increase in maternal cortisol during labour compared to parenteral analgesia.
Thornton et al. (1976) studied this question.
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