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Fetal Monitoring During Neuraxial Labor Analgesia

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Labor results in severe pain for most women. In the absence of medical contraindication, maternal request is a sufficient indication for pain relief, which is performed in the vast majority of developed countries through neuraxial analgesia. Regional analgesia techniques (spinal, epidural, and combined spinal epidural) are the most flexible, effective, and least debilitating to the central nervous system, enabling an alert and active woman to deliver an alert neonate [1].

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, Universiteé Paris Descartes, Paris, France

    Marie-Pierre Bonnet & Alexandre Mignon

  2. Gynecology and Obstetric Department, Port Royal Maternity Unit, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France

    Diane Korb

  3. Département d’Anesthésie Réanimation, Laboratoire iLUMENS, Hôpital Cochin Port-Royal, AP-HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France

    Alexandre Mignon

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Bonnet, MP., Korb, D., Mignon, A. (2015). Fetal Monitoring During Neuraxial Labor Analgesia. In: Capogna, G. (eds) Epidural Labor Analgesia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13890-9_10

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