Comparison of the labor curves with and without combined spinal-epidural analgesia in nulliparous women- a retrospective study

• Main Authors: Hitomi Ando (Author), Shintaro Makino (Author), Jun Takeda (Author), Yojiro Maruyama (Author), Shuko Nojiri (Author), Hiroyuki Sumikura (Author), Atsuo Itakura (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Neuraxial labor analgesia is known to increase the rate of instrumental delivery and prolong the second stage of labor; however, there is no standard method to evaluate the progress of labor under analgesia. Friedman curve is considered the gold standard for evaluating the progre...