{"id":35490,"date":"2020-06-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medgoo.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/05\/nitrous-oxide-safe-effective-for-pain-relief-during-labor\/"},"modified":"2020-06-08T16:10:19","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T16:10:19","slug":"nitrous-oxide-safe-effective-for-pain-relief-during-labor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medgoo.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/05\/nitrous-oxide-safe-effective-for-pain-relief-during-labor\/","title":{"rendered":"Nitrous Oxide Safe, Effective for Pain Relief During Labor"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Predictors identified for conversion from inhaled N<sub>2<\/sub>O to neuraxial analgesia<\/h3>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>FRIDAY, June 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) &#8212; Nitrous oxide (N<sub>2<\/sub>O) is a useful, safe option for labor analgesia, according to a study published online May 26 in the <i>Journal of Midwifery &#038; Women&#8217;s Health<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Priscilla M. Nodine, Ph.D., from University of Colorado in Aurora, and colleagues investigated demographic characteristics, safety, and satisfaction among 463 women who used inhaled N<sub>2<\/sub>O analgesia during the first or second stage of labor (March 1, 2016, through July 23, 2017). The study also assessed predictors of conversion from N<sub>2<\/sub>O to neuraxial analgesia.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers found that 31 percent of women who chose N<sub>2<\/sub>O for analgesia did not convert to any other analgesic method. Labor induction (odds ratio [OR], 2.9), oxytocin augmentation (OR, 3.1), and labor after cesarean (OR, 6.4) were significant positive predictors for conversion from N<sub>2<\/sub>O to neuraxial analgesia. Negative predictors included multiparity (OR, 0.4) and post-N<sub>2<\/sub>O cervical dilatation (OR, 0.8). Adverse effects of N<sub>2<\/sub>O use were infrequent (8 percent) and were not a significant reason for conversion to neuraxial analgesia. There was moderate satisfaction associated with N<sub>2<\/sub>O for pain management (on an 11-point scale: mean, 7.4).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the vast majority of U.S. birthing sites, N<sub>2<\/sub>O is an analgesic option that has been recently reintroduced,&#8221; the authors write.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/jmwh.13124\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Abstract\/Full Text (subscription or payment may be required)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Copyright \u00a9 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthday.com\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HealthDay<\/a>. All rights reserved.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Predictors identified for conversion from inhaled N<sub>2<\/sub>O to neuraxial analgesia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":35506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-35490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medgoo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medgoo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medgoo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medgoo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medgoo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/medgoo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medgoo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medgoo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medgoo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medgoo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}