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Does epidural analgesia increase rate of cesarean section?
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Review
Does epidural analgesia increase rate of cesarean section?
[Article in
English,
French]
Can Fam Physician.
2006 Apr.
No abstract available
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Cochrane meta-analysis of epidural and narcotic analgesia shows that epidural
analgesia does not increase rates of cesarean section
Odds ratio of 2.59 indicates that under those conditions epidural analgesia
more than doubles rates of cesarean section.
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