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Epidural, spinal analgesia: no FHR anomalies. (Study of 100 Patients).

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| July 15, 2002 | DeMott, Kathryn | COPYRIGHT 2002 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. -- Neuraxial analgesia does not appear to raise the risk of fetal heart rate or uterine contraction abnormalities, compared with systemic labor analgesia, Dr. Barbara Scavone noted at the annual meeting of the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology.

Neuraxial analgesia (spinal or epidural anesthesia) is associated with an increased risk of late decelerations, although it's not dear if this is clinically significant, added Dr. Scavone of the department of anesthesiology at Northwestern University, Chicago.

Dr. Scavone and her anesthesiology and ob.gyn. colleagues randomly assigned 100 healthy nulliparous patients in spontaneous labor at term to receive intrathecal opioids as part of the combined spinal! epidural (CSE) technique or systemic ...

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