Association of Labor Neuraxial Analgesia with Maternal Blood Transfusion.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Labor neuraxial analgesia may reduce the odds of postpartum hemorrhage, the leading indication for maternal blood transfusion during childbirth. This study tested the hypothesis that labor neuraxial analgesia is associated with reduced odds of maternal blood transfusion overall.

Methods

U.S. birth certificate data in the Natality File of the National Vital Statistics System for all 50 states from 2015 to 2018 for vaginal and intrapartum cesarean deliveries were analyzed. The exposure was labor neuraxial analgesia. The primary outcome was maternal blood transfusion, recorded on the birth certificate, which has low sensitivity for this outcome. Adjusted odds ratios and 95% CIs of blood transfusion associated with neuraxial analgesia were estimated using propensity s

SUBMITTER: Guglielminotti J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10841247 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature