Confounders Not General Anesthesia Likely Explain Greater Postpartum Depression

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¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, jansari@stanford.edu.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hadassah University Medical Center, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.

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Jessica Ansari et al. Anesth Analg. 2020 Dec.

. 2020 Dec;131(6):e248-e250.

doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004850.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, jansari@stanford.edu.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hadassah University Medical Center, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.

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Guglielminotti J, Li G. Guglielminotti J, et al. Anesth Analg. 2020 Dec;131(6):e250-e251. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004851. Anesth Analg. 2020. PMID: 33196471 No abstract available.

Exposure to General Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery and Odds of Severe Postpartum Depression Requiring Hospitalization.
Guglielminotti J, Li G. Guglielminotti J, et al. Anesth Analg. 2020 Nov;131(5):1421-1429. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004663. Anesth Analg. 2020. PMID: 33079866 Free PMC article.

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