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Re: epidurals and health of newborns

From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 27 Feb 1998 17:29:52 -0600 (CST)


At Thu, 26 Feb 1998, Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. wrote:

>
>Are these cause or effect?
>
>>Controlling for the effects of these medical variables, a dose effect
>>was found for the mean orientation and motor cluster scores. The
>>results are discussed in terms of possible effects of the infant's early
>>disorganization on the mother-infant interaction.
>
>Again, is this cause or effect? Are people who are more likely to have
>an epidural more likely to have these other "problems" or visa versa?
>

Dr. Marchbein,

I can't answer those questions, because I didn't do the studies. Obviously, ANY medical study is going to have some kind of bias, or have something that could have been considered that affected the outcome. I was just responding to this woman's post for documentation. I found this abstract on medline, so posted it as a resource, if Shari chooses to use it as such.

--
Amy





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