Table 1. Time events for different anaesthetic techniques.

Data are presented in minutes as median (range).

	Call to start anaesthesia	Start anaesthesia to ready for surgery	Surgery to delivery	DDI
GA (n = 64)	6 (1–17)	2 (1–8)	2 (1–4)	10 (5–21) ***
SPA (n = 30)	8 (1–23)	9 (1–16)	3 (1–7)	20 (13–33) ns.
tEDA (n = 41)	8 (1–25)	10 (1–23)	3 (1–8)	23 (12–41) ns.
ALL (n =135)	6 (1–25)	5 (1–23)	2 (1–8)	17 (5–41)

*** P < 0.0005 compared to reginal anaesthesia, ns. No significant difference between SPA and tEDA. GA, general anaesthesia; SPA, spinal anaesthesia; tEDA, top-up epidural anaesthesia; DDI, decision to delivery interval.