Obstetric anaesthesia is one of the largest subspecialties of anaesthesia. Anaesthetists
participate in over 60% of births in the UK, and this number is continuing to rise. Obstetric …

Socio‐economic deprivation is associated with adverse maternal and childhood outcomes.
Epidural analgesia, the gold standard for labour analgesia, may improve maternal well …

Lumbar epidural is the gold standard for labour analgesia. Low concentrations of local
anaesthetic are recommended. This network meta‐analysis investigated whether further …

On 1 January 2016, 17 sustainable development goals from the United Nations came into
effect [1]. Their purpose is to transform our world and reduce inequity to create sustainable …

Close co-operation between obstetricians and obstetric anaesthesia providers is crucial for
the safety and comfort of parturients, particularly in low-resource environments. Maternal …

Obstetric analgesia is pain relief in labour; anaesthesia is the abolition of sufficient sensation
to allow operative delivery. Provision of analgesia is a key element of the modern …

There is evidence that ethnic inequalities exist in maternity care in the UK, but those
specifically in relation to UK obstetric anaesthetic care have not been investigated before …

Despite the rapidly increasing rate of cesarean sections (CS) in obese parturients, little has
been reported about the risk of abnormal labor associated with increasing body mass index …

Objective To assess the cost-effectiveness of routine labour epidural analgesia (EA), from a
societal perspective, as compared with labour analgesia on request. Study design Women …

The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate of developed countries. By 2015,
all states except Alabama and West Virginia had adopted the pregnancy checkbox on death …