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Eberle, R L, Norris, M C, Eberle, A M, Naulty, J S, Arkoosh, V A |
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American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology; Jul98, Vol. 179 Issue 1, p150-155, 6p |
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Objective: This study was designed to determine the relationship between maternal position and the incidence of prolonged decelerations after epidural bupivacaine or intrathecal sufentanil analgesia for labor.Study Design: Laboring, healthy, term parturient women, with reassuring fetal heart rate tracings, requesting either epidural (n = 145) or intrathecal (n = 160) analgesia were randomly assigned to lie either supine with measured 30-degree left uterine displacement (n = 136) or in the left lateral decubitus position (n = 145). Patients received either intrathecal sufentanil, 10 microg, or epidural 0.25% bupivacaine, 13 mL. An obstetrician, unaware of patient position or type of anesthesia, examined the fetal heart rate tracings.Results: No demographic differences were noted among the groups. Prolonged decelerations occurred with equal frequency after epidural bupivacaine and intrathecal sufentanil (3.9%). Prolonged decelerations were not related to maternal position. No emergency cesarean deliveries were performed as a result of prolonged decelerations. Prolonged decelerations correlated with the frequency of contractions before induction of analgesia (P < .05). Fewer fetal heart rate accelerations were noted after intrathecal sufentanil than after epidural bupivacaine (P < .005). More ephedrine was used after epidural bupivacaine (P < .001). Patients who received epidural analgesia in the left lateral position were more likely to have an asymmetric block (P < .05).Conclusions: The risk of prolonged deceleration after epidural bupivacaine or intrathecal sufentanil labor analgesia is unrelated to maternal position or analgesic technique. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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