Effect of Availability of a Parturient-elective Regional Labor Pain Relief Service on the Mode of Delivery

Abstract

Regional analgesia for pain relief increased the likelihood of instrumental vaginal delivery, but did not increase the likelihood of cesarean delivery.

Anesthetic practice for Caesarean section and factors influencing anesthesiologists' choice of anesthesia: a population‐based study

“…Therefore, the impacts of these factors remain unstudied. Second, similar to most other affluent countries, epidural labor analgesia utilizing rates have increased significantly over the past decades in Taiwan . Though originally planned for providing analgesia for parturients undergoing vaginal delivery, the indwelling epidural catheter that is working effectively can also be used for providing anesthesia if the delivery is proceeding to a CS.…”