Embracing Labor Neuraxial Analgesia As a Tool to Reduce Health Inequities and Hemorrhage-related Maternal Morbidity.

Editorial| December 2023 Embracing Labor Neuraxial Analgesia as a Tool to Reduce Health Inequities and Hemorrhage-related Maternal Morbidity This article has an Audio Podcast Melissa E. Bauer, D.O.; Melissa E. Bauer, D.O. 1Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Lindsay K. Admon, M.D. Lindsay K. Admon, M.D. 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Author and Article Information This editorial accompanies the article on p. 734. Accepted for publication September 26, 2023. Address correspondence to Dr. Bauer: melissa.e.bauer@duke.edu Anesthesiology December 2023, Vol. 139, 717–718. https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0000000000004783 Connected Content Article: Association of Labor Neuraxial Analgesia with Maternal Blood Transfusion Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Cite Icon Cite Get Permissions Search Site Citation Melissa E. Bauer, Lindsay K. Admon; Embracing Labor Neuraxial Analgesia as a Tool to Reduce Health Inequities and Hemorrhage-related Maternal Morbidity. Anesthesiology 2023; 139:717–718 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0000000000004783 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll PublicationsAnesthesiology Search Advanced Search Topics: health disparity, hemorrhage, labor, morbidity, mothers, pain management Addressing the high rates of maternal morbidity and mortality in the United States is an urgent public health priority.1 Maternal morbidity and mortality rates are higher in the United States compared to all other developed nations and plagued by longstanding inequities affecting minoritized populations.2 Obstetric hemorrhage is a leading contributor to severe maternal morbidity and the second leading cause of maternal mortality, contributing to 13.7% of all maternal deaths.3 Implementing maternal safety bundles for hemorrhage have reduced maternal deaths and associated racial disparities in select populations, but there remains a critical need for additional interventions. In this issue, Guglielminotti et al. reviewed cross-sectional birth certificate data from all 50 states to estimate the adjusted odds of blood transfusion among those receiving versus not receiving neuraxial analgesia during labor.4 The authors’ data support what many obstetric anesthesiologists have long suspected: patients receiving neuraxial analgesia during labor may... You do not currently have access to this content.