Obstetric and psychological characteristics of women choosing epidural analgesia during labour: A cohort study.

To investigate the obstetric and psychological characteristics of women who opt to use epidural analgesia (EDA) during labour and the impact of participating in labour preparation courses on women's decisions to use EDA.Longitudinal cohort study.Akershus University Hospital, Norway.2596 women w...

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Main Authors: Vasilis Sitras, Jūratė Šaltytė Benth, Malin Eberhard-Gran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5646833?pdf=render