The Impact of neuraxial analgesia on the dynamic of labor and neonatal outcome

Objective: The pattern of labor progression in contemporary practice differs significantly from the Friedman curve. Induction of labor, oxytocin use, neuroaxial analgesia, and fetal heart rate monitoring are very common in contemporary practice. The aim of our study is to value the effects of analgesia during labor and above neonatal outcome. Study Design: This study was attended in our Hospital where the rate of neuroaxial analgesia in labor increased from 30 to 85% in ten years. We selected 275 singleton, nulliparous, term pregnancies with spontaneous onset of labor and vertex presentation in neuroaxial analge…