P.50 Factors affecting patient reported satisfaction with epidural analgesia during labour in Mayo University Hospital (MUH) and University Hospital Galway (UHG)

Abstract

Introduction: Epidural analgesia (EA) is the gold standard for labour analgesia. The literature suggests a higher failure rate with EA among maternity patients compared with general surgical patients. [1] Collier C. Why obstetric epidurals fail: a study of epidurograms. Int J Obstet Anesth 1996;5:19-31. Google Scholar We evaluated the quality of EA among maternity patients in UHG and MUH and factors that affect patient satisfaction.