The benefits of labour analgesia

Loo, Chee Chuen; Irestedt, L.

doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-0435-3_19

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“…3 Some changes have important implications for the baby. Maternal respiration increases by 75-150% during the first stage of unmodified labour; 4 this is associated with a number of maternal changes that may have adverse fetal effects: [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] Hypocarbia and a respiratory alkalosis.…”

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“…Increased sympathoadrenal activity may lead to incoordinate uterine action and reduced uteroplacental perfusion. 3 The metabolic outcome is hyperglycaemia with a poor insulin response, lipolysis with increased free fatty acids, ketones and lactate. Such acids cross the placenta and together with catecholamines, increase fetal oxygen requirement, so maternal metabolic acidosis from this further cause is compounded in the baby.…”

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