Effects of maternal epidural analgesia on the neonate - a prospective cohort study

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Mukti Sharma¹  Amit Devgan¹  Bikash Shrestha² 

[1] Department of Pediatrics, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune 411040, India;Department of Pediatrics, Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences, Shree Birendra Hospital, Swayambhu, Chhauni, Kathmandu 44620, Nepal

关键词: Newborns;    Neonate;    Epidural analgesia;    Breast feeding;    Birth asphyxia;   

Others  :  1137182
DOI  :  10.1186/s13052-014-0099-x

 received in 2014-08-13, accepted in 2014-11-22,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Epidural analgesia is one of the most popular modes of analgesia for child birth. There are controversies regarding adverse effects and safety of epidural analgesia. This study was conducted to study the immediate effects of the maternal epidural analgesia on the neonate during early neonatal phase.

Methods

A prospective cohort study of 100 neonates born to mothers administered epidural analgesia were compared with 100 neonates born to mothers not administered epidural analgesia in terms of passage of urine, initiation of breast feeding, birth asphyxia and incidence of instrumentation.

Results

There was significant difference among the two groups in the passage of urine (P value 0.002) and incidence of instrumentation (P value 0.010) but there was no significant difference in regards to initiation of breast feeding and birth asphyxia.

Conclusions

Epidural analgesia does not have any effect on the newborns in regards to breast feeding and birth asphyxia but did have effects like delayed passage of urine and increased incidence of instrumentation.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Shrestha et al.; licensee BioMed Central.

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