Anaesthesia during birth event

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Glossary Item
METEOR identifier:	733095
Registration status:	Health, Standard 03/12/2020
Definition:	A technique used to introduce an agent to produce a state of reduced or absence of sensation to a female for the operative or instrumental delivery of the baby.
Context:	Perinatal

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	National Perinatal Data Development Committee
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Supersedes Anaesthesia Health, Superseded 03/12/2020 See also Analgesia during birth event Health, Standard 03/12/2020
Metadata items which use this glossary item:	Birth event—anaesthesia administered indicator Health, Standard 03/12/2020 Birth event—anaesthesia administered indicator, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N Health, Standard 03/12/2020 Birth event—type of anaesthesia administered Health, Standard 03/12/2020 Birth event—type of anaesthesia administered, code N[N] Health, Superseded 17/12/2021 Birth event—type of anaesthesia administered, code N[N] Health, Standard 17/12/2021 Perinatal NBEDS 2021–22 Health, Superseded 17/12/2021 Perinatal NBEDS 2022–23 Health, Standard 17/12/2021 Perinatal NMDS 2021–22 Health, Superseded 17/12/2021 Perinatal NMDS 2022–23 Health, Standard 17/12/2021 Type of birth anaesthesia administered code N[N] Health, Superseded 17/12/2021 Type of birth anaesthesia administered code N[N] Health, Standard 17/12/2021