The use of neuraxial analgesia during labor and vaginal delivery was not independently associated with learning disabilities diagnosed before age 19, according to a study published in the June 2011 of Anesthesia & Analgesia.
According to the study's abstract, the researchers reviewed the educational and medical records of all children born to mothers residing in the area of five townships of Olmsted County, Minn., from 1976-1982 and remaining in the community at age 5 years. The researchers identified those with learning disabilities and then used Cox proportional hazards regression to compare the incidence of learning disabilities between children delivered vaginally with and without neuraxial labor analgesia.
Of the study cohort, 4,684 mothers delivered children vaginally, with 1,495 receiving neuraxial labor analgesia. The presence of childhood learning disabilities in the cohort was not associated with use of labor neuraxial analgesia.
Read the abstract of the study in Anesthesia & Analgesia.
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According to the study's abstract, the researchers reviewed the educational and medical records of all children born to mothers residing in the area of five townships of Olmsted County, Minn., from 1976-1982 and remaining in the community at age 5 years. The researchers identified those with learning disabilities and then used Cox proportional hazards regression to compare the incidence of learning disabilities between children delivered vaginally with and without neuraxial labor analgesia.
Of the study cohort, 4,684 mothers delivered children vaginally, with 1,495 receiving neuraxial labor analgesia. The presence of childhood learning disabilities in the cohort was not associated with use of labor neuraxial analgesia.
Read the abstract of the study in Anesthesia & Analgesia.
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