Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Jul 2016
CommentNationwide incidence of serious complications of epidural analgesia in the United States.
This study aimed to describe the incidence and risk factors of in-hospital spinal hematoma and abscess associated with epidural analgesia in adult obstetric and non-obstetric populations in the United States. ⋯ This large nationwide data analysis reveals that the incidence of epidural analgesia-related complications is very low in obstetric population epidural analgesia and much higher in patients having vascular surgery.