Abstract Objective To create a Proportional Hazards Model of prospective factors associated
with time-to-vaginal-delivery (TTVD). Methods We analyzed a group of 144 women …

The ain of the study was to investigate if epidural analgesia may affect the operative vaginal
birth rate. An observational study was carried out on 1,158 in low-risk patients who delivered …

BACKGROUND: Epidural dose is often reduced in the second stage of labor with the
intention of improving maternal expulsive efforts and decreasing the need for instrumental …

Factors associated with an increased risk of instrumental va... : European Journal of
Anaesthesiology | EJA Factors associated with an increased risk of instrumental vaginal …

Purpose To investigate whether there is an association between epidural analgesia and
duration of third stage of labour, and between epidural analgesia and type of placental …

Aim We compared the perinatal outcomes of vaginal delivery with epidural analgesia
initiated at the early versus late phase in a Japanese population. Methods Women enrolled …

In this study we aimed to explore the effects of epidural analgesia achieved by a
combination of low-dose bupivacaine and fentanyl infused through an epidural catheter on …

Please cite this paper as: Wassen M, Zuijlen J, Roumen F, Smits L, Marcus M, Nijhuis J.
Early versus late epidural analgesia and risk of instrumental delivery in nulliparous women …

Purpose To assess changes in labor times and delivery outcome in low-risk women
requesting pain relief and undergoing epidural analgesia, according to the epidural …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether maintaining a motor-sparing epidural analgesia infusion
affects the duration of the second stage of labor in nulliparous parturients compared with a …