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Labour epidural anaesthesia in deprived areas
Standardising antenatal analgesia information
BMJ 2024; 385 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q922 (Published 23 April 2024) Cite this as: BMJ 2024;385:q922
- Adam G Mounce, anaesthetic core trainee
- Department of Anaesthetics, Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil, UK
- agmounce{at}doctors.org.uk
Kmietowicz reports that women from poorer backgrounds are less likely to have an epidural during labour than women from richer backgrounds, even when it is medically indicated.1
The authors of the study published in Anaesthesia suggest several reasons for the difference in uptake.2 One reason may be knowledge regarding epidural analgesia.
During my obstetric anaesthesia rotation …
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