Intraoperative conversion to GA may increase both maternal and fetal risks. Strategies to reduce the incidence may include early recognition of inadequate labour analgesia and reliable assessment of adequacy of surgical anaesthesia.

Major obstetric hemorrhage is a rare event with potentially modifiable risk factors which represent a platform of interventions for lessening obstetric morbidity.

Multiple studies have evaluated predictors for severe acute pain after caesarean delivery that may be performed in a clinical setting, however, sleep quality prior to delivery has not been included in predictive models for post-caesarean pain. The PSQI questionnaire, a simple test to administer preoperatively, identified that up to 70% of women report poor sleep quality before delivery, and poor sleep quality was associated with increased post-caesarean pain scores and analgesic intake, indicating that PSQI could help identify preoperatively women at risk for severe pain after caesarean delivery.

UDP, an uncommon complication, is associated with obstetric factors. Nevertheless, it does not seem to be associated with adverse obstetric outcomes except for prolonged duration of hospital stay.