Effects of Patient-Controlled Epidural Analgesia on Uterine Electromyography During Spontaneous Onset of Labor in Term Nulliparous Women

Conclusions:
Patient-controlled epidural analgesia initially suppresses uterine EMG and slows cervical dilation thereby prolonging labor. However, the EMG activity recovers with labor progress with no effects on delivery outcomes.

Source: Reproductive Sciences - October 11, 2015 Category: Reproduction Medicine Authors: Ye, Y., Song, X., Liu, L., Shi, S.-Q., Garfield, R. E., Zhang, G., Liu, H. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research