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Table 2 UDP complications during labour (N = 97)

From: Complications of unintentional dural puncture during labour epidural analgesia: a 10-year retrospective observational study

UDP-related complications during labour

N (%)

Total spinal anaesthesia

1 (1)

Extended motor block (Bromage = 3)

3 (3)

Partial motor block (Bromage = 1/2)

5 (5.1)

Hypotension

4 (4.1)

Inadequate or failed analgesia

14 (14.4)

Foetal heart rate abnormalities secondary to maternal issues

2 (2)

Second unintentional dural puncture

2 (2)

Conversion to general anaesthesia for caesarean section

5/15a (33)

  1. a15 = number of caesarean sections