Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica
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Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand · May 2000
Fetal oxygen saturation during epidural and paracervical analgesia.
We wanted to assess changes in fetal oxygenation during maternal epidural or paracervical analgesia in labor. ⋯ There was a small but significant difference in fetal oxygenation between epidural and paracervical groups during the observation period. The magnitude of the difference is hardly clinically significant. A larger, randomized study is needed to elucidate the mechanisms behind this finding.