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8 Diseases Researched for Epidural Analgesia
NameACCKFocus
Breastfeeding: Complications230Locked
Analgesia220Locked
Autism120Locked
Autism Spectrum Disorders120Locked
Lactation Disorders120Locked
Neonatal group B streptococcal (GBS) infections120Locked
Cesarean Section110Locked
Infant Care: Failure to Thrive110Locked

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7 Abstracts with Epidural Analgesia Research

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Epidural analgesia in labour is associated with increased risk of having an instrumental delivery. Jan 01, 2005

Pubmed Data : Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2005(4):CD000331. Epub 2005 Oct 19. PMID: 16235275
Article Published Date : Jan 01, 2005
Study Type : Meta Analysis
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Anti Therapeutic Actions : Epidural Analgesia, Obstetric Interventions
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Gestational age, gestational diabetes, epidural anaesthesia, infant large for gestational age, postmaturity and high maternal age are significant risk factors for GBS. Dec 01, 2006

Pubmed Data : BJOG. 2006 Dec;113(12):1452-8. PMID: 17083655
Article Published Date : Dec 01, 2006
Study Type : Meta Analysis
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Diseases : Neonatal group B streptococcal (GBS) infections
Anti Therapeutic Actions : Epidural Analgesia
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Labor involving epidural analgesia is associated with a 2-fold increase in reports of partial breast feeding or formula feeding and the problem of "not having enough milk."Dec 01, 2010

Pubmed Data : Gynecol Obstet Fertil. 2010 Dec;38(12):747-53. PMID: 15321436
Article Published Date : Dec 01, 2010
Study Type : Meta Analysis
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Diseases : Breastfeeding: Complications, Lactation Disorders
Therapeutic Actions : Breastfeeding
Anti Therapeutic Actions : Epidural Analgesia, Obstetric Interventions
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Obstetric factors are associated with autism prevalence.Jun 01, 2004

Pubmed Data : Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2004 Jun;61(6):618-27. PMID: 15184241
Article Published Date : Jun 01, 2004
Study Type : Meta Analysis
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Diseases : Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Anti Therapeutic Actions : Cesarean Delivery, Epidural Analgesia, Labor Induction, Obstetric Interventions
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Epidural analgesia is associated with an increased risk of cesarean delivery.May 01, 2000

Pubmed Data : Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2000 May;182(5):1058-62. PMID: 10819827
Article Published Date : May 01, 2000
Study Type : Human Study
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Diseases : Analgesia, Cesarean Section
Anti Therapeutic Actions : Cesarean Delivery, Epidural Analgesia, Obstetric Interventions
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Epidural analgesia is associated with impaired spontaneous breast feeding including breast feeding at discharge from the hospital. Apr 01, 2009

Pubmed Data : Midwifery. 2009 Apr;25(2):e31-8. Epub 2007 Nov 5. PMID: 17980469
Article Published Date : Apr 01, 2009
Study Type : Human Study
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Diseases : Analgesia, Breastfeeding: Complications, Infant Care: Failure to Thrive
Therapeutic Actions : Breastfeeding
Anti Therapeutic Actions : Epidural Analgesia, Obstetric Interventions
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"Why women prefer epidural analgesia during childbirth: the role of beliefs about epidural analgesia and pain catastrophizing."Apr 01, 2007

Pubmed Data : Eur J Pain. 2007 Apr ;11(3):275-82. Epub 2006 Apr 18. PMID: 16624602
Article Published Date : Apr 01, 2007
Study Type : Review
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Anti Therapeutic Actions : Epidural Analgesia

Epidural Analgesia Related Articles

Drug-Induced Birth Linked to C-Sections & Fetal Harm
Written by Sayer Ji, Founder
A new study in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Gynaecology confirms what many who have undergone a hospital birth already know: the use of the labor-inducing drug pitocin (synthetic oxytocin) leads to great pain and suffering, including serious adverse, unintended health effects to both mother and infant.
Why so Many Women are Taking the Epidural Trip
Written by Judy Slome Cohain, CNM
Two million American women will take an epidural trip this year during childbirth. In most cases, they'll be ill–informed as to possible side effects or alternate methods of pain relief. In many ways, epidurals are the drug trip of the current generation. Similar to street drug pushers, most anesthesiologists in the delivery rooms maintain a low profile, avoid making eye contact and threaten to walk out if they don't get total cooperation
"Mars Attack": Violation of Women By Care Providers At Birth
Written by Judy Slome Cohain, CNM
"Mars Attack" is new term coined to describe unjustified violation of women by care providers at the time of birth, as well as the purposeful abandonment of the peer review system by major obstetric journals and the abandonment of the use of research evidence by ACOG in their latest protocols, in order to justify continued use of this form of violence against women.

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