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Papers: 25 May 2024 - 31 May 2024


2024 May 22


BMJ


38777357


385

Epidural analgesia during labour and severe maternal morbidity: population based study.

Authors

Kearns RJ, Kyzayeva A, Halliday LOE, Lawlor DA, Shaw M, Nelson SM

Abstract

To determine the effect of labour epidural on severe maternal morbidity (SMM) and to explore whether this effect might be greater in women with a medical indication for epidural analgesia during labour, or with preterm labour.