Use of Labor Neuraxial Analgesia for Vaginal Delivery and Severe Maternal Morbidity.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Addressing severe maternal morbidity (SMM) is a public health priority in the US. Use of labor neuraxial analgesia for vaginal delivery is suggested to reduce the risk of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH), the leading cause of preventable severe maternal morbidity.

Objective

To assess the association between the use of labor neuraxial analgesia for vaginal delivery and SMM.

Design, setting, and participants

In this population-based cross-sectional study, women aged 15 to 49 years undergoing their first vaginal delivery were included. Data were taken from hospital discharge records from New York between January 2010 and December 2017. Data were analyzed from November 2020 to November 2021.

Exposures

Neuraxial analgesia (ie, epidural or combined spinal-epidu

SUBMITTER: Guglielminotti J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8864505 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature