Epidural anesthesia during labor and delivery and postpartum hemorrhage
Epidural analgesia itself is not associated with increased postpartum blood loss. However, there is a higher incidence of PPH in deliveries with obstetric risk factors, in which more frequent use of epidural analgesia is observed. In other words, not epidural analgesia is the cause of PPH, but difficult obstetric settings are associated with both higher use of epidural analgesia and increased blood loss.
Authors
- Elisabeth Kapfhammer
- Maike Sachs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1783-5915)
- Nicole Ochsenbein‐Kölble (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7691-965X)
- R. Brun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5638-3405)
- Lukas Kandler
- Christian Haslinger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3344-9480)
Institutions
- Kantonsspital Winterthur (CH)
- University Hospital of Zurich (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Perinatal Medicine
- Published
- 2025-05-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1515/jpm-2024-0567
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Maternal and fetal healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.99