The Timing of Labor Epidurals in COVID-19 Parturients: A Balance of Risk and Benefit

Affiliations

¹ MSk Lab, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, c.mullington@imperial.ac.uk.
² Anaesthesia Health Services Research Centre, National Institute of Academic, London, United Kingdom.
³ Department of Anaesthesia, Pain & Perioperative medicine, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia.

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Christopher J Mullington et al. Anesth Analg. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;131(2):e131-e132.

doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004974.

¹ MSk Lab, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, c.mullington@imperial.ac.uk.
² Anaesthesia Health Services Research Centre, National Institute of Academic, London, United Kingdom.
³ Department of Anaesthesia, Pain & Perioperative medicine, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia.

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Bauer M, Landau R. Bauer M, et al. Anesth Analg. 2020 Aug;131(2):e132-e133. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004975. Anesth Analg. 2020. PMID: 32404589 No abstract available.

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