Lateral postures vs other postures
- Maternal postures for fetal malposition in labour for improving the health of mothers and their infants 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted0 studies · 0 participantsGRADE not reported
It is very uncertain whether hands and knees posture changes epidural use compared with other postures (very low certainty).
Case notes showed no clear difference in epidural analgesia used in labour compared with control (low certainty).
Discontinued intravenous (IV) oxytocin stimulation may leads to higher use of analgesia and epidural during labour compared with continued IV oxytocin stimulation (low certainty).
Home support showed no clear difference in use of epidural or any regional anaesthesia compared with telephone triage (low certainty).
One‐to‐one structured care showed no clear difference in use of epidural or any regional anaesthesia compared with usual care (high certainty).
Assessment may leads to lower use of epidural or any regional anaesthesia compared with direct admission (low certainty).