Choice of analgesia in labour on neonatal outcomes, delivery and maternal satisfaction with pain relief

Aim: to examine the use of pethidine, epidural or no analgesia during labour on neonatal outcomes, delivery and maternal satisfaction with pain relief. Design: a prospective cohort study was undertaken in one maternity unit in the East Midlands. Four hundred and seventy-one consecutive women assessed as low risk were recruited to one of three groups depending on their choice of analgesia: pethidine only, epidural only or no analgesia. Outcome...