Epidural Analgesia During Labor and Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Epidural analgesia is used by approximately 70% of birthing persons in the US to alleviate labor pain and is a common cause of elevated temperature in the birthing parent during labor, which, in turn, is associated with adverse neonatal outcomes such as hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE).

Objective

To determine whether epidural analgesia is associated with increased risk of HIE after adjusting for the birthing person's maximal temperature before epidural placement and for the propensity to get an epidural.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective, population-based cohort study was conducted at 15 Kaiser Permanente Northern California hospitals. Participants included singleton neonates born at 35 weeks' or later gestational age between 2012 an

SUBMITTER: Cornet MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11406397 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature