American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 194, Issue 3 , Pages 600-605, March 2006

Early versus late initiation of epidural analgesia in labor: Does it increase the risk of cesarean section? A randomized trial

  • Gonen Ohel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Gonen Ohel, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bnai-Zion Medical Center, PO Box 4940, Haifa 31048, Israel.
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  • Roni Gonen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology
    • ,
  • Sonia Vaida, MD

      Affiliations

    • Anesthesiology, Bnai Zion Medical Center, and Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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  • Shlomi Barak, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology
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  • Luis Gaitini, MD

      Affiliations

    • Anesthesiology, Bnai Zion Medical Center, and Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

Received 8 May 2005; received in revised form 12 October 2005; accepted 31 October 2005.

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 Supported (in part) by grant no. 4882 from the Chief Scientist's Office of the Ministry of Health, Israel.

PII: S0002-9378(05)02444-0

doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2005.10.821

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 194, Issue 3 , Pages 600-605, March 2006

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