Does epidural analgesia increase rate of cesarean section?

What it found

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Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

1. Epidural analgesia with amide local anesthetics, bupivacaine, and ropivacaine in combination with fentanyl for labor pain relief: a meta-analysis.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2015
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2. Factors associated with cesarean birth in nulliparous women: A multicenter prospective cohort study.Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) · 2022
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3. Effect of epidural labor analgesia on maternal and infant outcomes in parturients with gestational diabetes mellitus-A prospective cohort study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022
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4. Institutional and Cultural Perspectives on Home Birth in Israel.The Journal of perinatal education · 2015
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5. Labor management and mode of delivery among migrant and Spanish women: does the variability reflect differences in obstetric decisions according to ethnic origin?Maternal and child health journal · 2013
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6. Epidural analgesia during labor vs no analgesia: A comparative study.Saudi journal of anaesthesia · 2012
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7. Family physicians who provide intrapartum care and those who do not: very different ways of viewing childbirth.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2011
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8. Epidural analgesia and risks of cesarean and operative vaginal deliveries in nulliparous and multiparous women.Maternal and child health journal · 2010
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9. Association not causation: what is the intervention?Annals of family medicine
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