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Aim: to investigate the expectations and knowledge of
intrapartum epidural analgesia from woman’s point of
view.
Methods: a multidimensional investigation was carried
out on a sample of 360 healthy women in a large
Italian obstetric facility. Results. Intrapartum epidural
analgesia was more common in patients with higher
education level and higher socio-economic income as
well as in women who are employed. Most epidural
analgesia were requested by patients who judge
themselves as anxious and who have fear of pain in

Objective: The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials was to evaluate the effect of delayed versus immediate pushing in the second stage of labor on mode of delivery and other outcomes in women with neuraxial analgesia. Data sources: The research was conducted using MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Sciences, Scopus, ClinicalTrial.gov, OVID, and the Cochrane Library as electronic databases, from the inception of each database to August 2019. No restrictions for language or geographic location were applied.

Aim: To establish if labor and gestational age have an additive effect on the likelihood of newborn
respiratory complications.
Methods: Case-control study on singleton pregnancies, delivered between 34 and 41 weeks.
Cases were collected among newborns discharged with diagnoses of respiratory complications,
as codified by ICD 9 1997. Subsequently, pneumonias, meconium aspiration syndromes, and pulmonary
hemorrhage were excluded. Controls were all other newborns without respiratory complications.

Background and aim: Symphysis-fundal-height (SFH) could be prove useful for the management of labour. This study aims to assess the behaviour of induced labours in relationship with SFH values. Methods: Prospective observational study in a sample of 158 women underwent induction with intravaginal dinoprostone for different indications. SFH, SFH corrected for station, gestational age and parity were considered independent variables in multivariable models.