Positional effects on maternal cardiac output during labor with epidural analgesia

Article Abstract:

Having the laboring woman lie on her side instead of her back after receiving an epidural appears to minimize adverse effects on her heart. Both epidural analgesia and lying on the back are known to decrease maternal heart output. Researchers measured heart output every 5 minutes for 45 minutes in 21 laboring women randomly assigned to lie either on their backs or on their sides after receiving epidural analgesia. Women lying on their backs experienced decreased heart output and stroke volume after receiving an epidural while women lying on their sides experienced no changes.

Methods, Management, Physiological aspects, Anesthesia, Heart, Labor (Obstetrics), Peridural anesthesia, Epidural anesthesia

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Risk factors for deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism during pregnancy or post partum: a population-based, case-control study

Article Abstract:

A medical history of abnormal blood clot formation and smoking appear to be risk factors for deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in pregnant women, according to a study of 85 pregnant women who had either condition during pregnancy and 85 pregnant women who did not. Deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism are both caused by a blood clot that blocks the flow of blood.

Health aspects, Risk factors, Pregnant women, Smoking, Pulmonary embolism, Thrombosis, Deep vein, Deep vein thrombosis

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Temporal changes in rates and reasons for medical induction of term labor, 1980-1996

Article Abstract:

Labor was induced in about one-fourth of all pregnancies in 1995, compared to 13% in 1980. The most common reasons were pregnancies longer than 40 weeks and a larger than normal baby.

Statistical Data Included, Statistics, Labor, Induced (Obstetrics), Induced labor

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