RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Effects Of Epidural Anesthesia On Type Of Delivery
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Practice
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 238
OP 244
DO 10.3122/jabfm.1.4.238
VO 1
IS 4
A1 Linda S. Niehaus
A1 Benjamin W. Chaska
A1 Robert E. Nesse
YR 1988
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/1/4/238.abstract
AB A retrospective cohort study of 626 low-risk patients admitted for labor and delivery under the care of a family physician was designed to test the hypothesis that epidural anesthesia increases the frequency of instrumental and operative deliveries. The crude odds ratio of instrumental or operative delivery in women electing to have epidural anesthesia was 9.56 (95 percent confidence interval, 5.57 to 16.40; P < 0.001). Controlling for bias by multivariate analysis did not change the conclusion indicated by the crude odds ratio-use of elective epidural anesthesia results in markedly increased odds of instrumental or operative delivery.