Obstetric Anesthesia and Depression: Data Granularity and the Risk of Confounders

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¹ Department of Anaesthesia, North West School of Anaesthesia, Manchester, United Kingdom.
² Department of Anaesthesia, Mersey School of Anaesthesia, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ssuichingk@gmail.com.
³ Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, University National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom, Lancaster Medical School, Faculty of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom.

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Stephanie Kent et al. Anesth Analg. 2020 Dec.

. 2020 Dec;131(6):e251-e253.

doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000005116.

¹ Department of Anaesthesia, North West School of Anaesthesia, Manchester, United Kingdom.
² Department of Anaesthesia, Mersey School of Anaesthesia, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ssuichingk@gmail.com.
³ Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, University National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom, Lancaster Medical School, Faculty of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom.

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Guglielminotti J, Li G. Guglielminotti J, et al. Anesth Analg. 2020 Dec;131(6):e253-e254. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000005117. Anesth Analg. 2020. PMID: 33196473 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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