What The Study Did: The results of this study of 435,000 mother-infant pairs in Scotland suggest that use of epidural analgesia during labor isn’t independently associated with adverse neonatal or childhood developmental outcomes.
Authors: Rachel J. Kearns, M.D., of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, United Kingdom, is the corresponding author.
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