Early initiation of epidural analgesia vs Late initiation
Apgar score less than 7 at 5 minutes · pregnant women (at term) requesting epidural analgesia in labour (regardless of whether the labour was spontaneous or induced)
Early initiation of epidural analgesia showed no clear difference in apgar score <7 at 5 min compared with late initiation (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Early versus late initiation of epidural analgesia for labour 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 0.96 [0.69, 1.33]7 studies · 14924 participantsHigh