Risk factors and peripartum outcomes of failed epidural: a prospective cohort study.

Carmen BucstainGali GarmiNoah ZafranSivan Zuarez-EastonJulia CarmeliRaed Salim

Published in: Archives of gynecology and obstetrics (2017)

Higher fetal head station and oxytocin use may be associated with higher failure rate. Labor outcomes related to epidural use, occurred at comparable rates, among women with failed and successful epidural.

Keyphrases

spinal cord
risk factors
spinal cord injury
metabolic syndrome
adipose tissue
skeletal muscle
insulin resistance