Table 2.

Side effects of epidural analgesia

	Group D (n=36)	Group S (n=34)	P-value
Hypotension	0	0	1
Pruritus	0	1 (2.9%)	0.131
Nausea and vomiting	1 (2.7%)	3 (8.8%)	0.122
Maternal bradycardia	0	0	1
Fetal bradycardia	3 (8.3%)	2 (5.8%)	0.506
Respiratory depression	0	0	1
Shivering	2 (5.5%)	3 (8.8%)	0.371
Excessive sedation	0	0	1

Notes: Data were presented as n (%). Group D received 0.5 µg/mL dexmedetomidine with 0.1% ropivacaine for epidural labor analgesia, and group S (control group) received 0.5 µg/mL sufentanil with 0.1% ropivacaine for labor analgesia.