A randomized trial of labor analgesia in women with pregnancy-induced hypertension
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Epidural analgesia is more effective than intravenous analgesia in relieving labor pain in pregnant women with hypertension but it has more side effects. It prolongs the second stage of labor and increases the risk of a forceps delivery and an infection called chorioamnionitis.
Publication Name: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-9378
Year: 2001
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Does magnesium sulfate given for prevention of eclampsia affect the outcome of labor?
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Magnesium sulfate does not appear to affect labor outcome when given to prevent eclampsia. Eclampsia is characterized by hypertension during pregnancy. Researchers compared labor outcomes in 905 pregnant women with hypertension, about half of whom received magnesium sulfate and half received the anticonvulsant drug phenytoin. Phenytoin is relatively safe during pregnancy and has no effect on the uterus. Labor outcomes and the rate of cesarean section were similar in both groups.
Publication Name: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-9378
Year: 1998
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The course of labor with and without epidural analgesia
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Epidural analgesia may prolong labor in childbirth. Researchers compared 199 women treated with epidural analgesia or intravenous meperidine for pain control during delivery. Women treated with the spinal analgesia technique were in active labor an average of 8 hours, compared to 6 hours in women given intravenous pain medication. Oxytocin was used to induce uterine contractions more frequently in women given epidural analgesia.
Publication Name: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-9378
Year: 1998
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