title: [Influence of epidural anesthesia on the progression of labor in primiparas].
abstract: A comparative study was carried out on 363 primiparas at the University Hospital of Montpellier to assess what influence epidural anaesthesia had on the number of instrumental deliveries that had to be carried out in our service and in the way it is conducted. This study shows that the increase in the number of instrumental deliveries found in women who deliver under epidural anaesthesia was mainly due to the abnormal obstetric conditions for which the epidural anaesthetic was anyhow given. There was only a small increase in the numbers that had to be delivered instrumentally in those women had epidural anaesthesia "for comfort". This was not particularly significant with anterior presentations.
authors.affiliation: Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Montpellier.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Daures
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Laffargue
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tagemouati
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boulot
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vagny
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Viala
mesh_terms: D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007746:Labor Presentation; D007743:Labor, Obstetric / Q000187:drug effects*; D009772:Obstetrical Forceps / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy
chemical_list: D010121:Oxytocin
vernacular_title: Influence de l'anesthésie péridurale sur le déroulement du travail chez la primipare.