Impact of the introduction of neuraxial labor analgesia on mode of delivery at an urban maternity hospital in China

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 17-21

  Hu, Ling Qun ^a   Zhang, Jin ^b   Wong, Cynthia A ^a   Cao, Qinying ^b   Zhang, Guohua ^c   Rong, Huijuan ^c   Li, Xia ^c   McCarthy, Robert J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Shijiazhuang Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital ^*  (China)

^c New Era Hospital for Gynecology and Obstetrics   (China)

Author keywords

Cesarean delivery; Epidural analgesia; Forceps; Impact study; Labor analgesia; Neuraxial analgesia

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; LIDOCAINE; ROPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BREAKTHROUGH PAIN; CESAREAN SECTION; CHINA; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CRYOPRECIPITATE; DELIVERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EPISIOTOMY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; LABOR STAGE 2; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEURAXIAL LABOR ANALGESIA; NULLIPARA; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; URBAN AREA; VAGINAL DELIVERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITAL; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; CESAREAN SECTION; CHINA; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 84930476397     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.10.030     Document Type: Article

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