SummaryThe effects of two different concentrations of epidural levobupivacaine were compared when used to provide analgesia for labour. Primiparous women in spontaneous uncomplicated labour were enrolled in a prospective, randomised and partially double-blinded study. The study solutions were either 0.568 mg.ml )1 levobupivacaine (low concentration group) or 1.136 mg.ml )1 levobupivacaine (high concentration group), with sufentanil 0.45 lg.ml )1 added to both solutions. Epidural analgesia was initiated with 20 ml of the study solution, followed by a standardised algorithm of top-up bolus injections. Epidural analgesia was then continued by self-administered boluses of 5-ml plus a continuous infusion of 5 ml.h)1

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