Epidural Analgesia and Autism Spectrum Disorder Risk

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by a cluster of social and communication impairments and repetitive and restrictive behaviors across a spectrum of severity that appears to arise from disordered brain development early in gestation. With an increase in prevalence in ASD from 1 in 150 in 2000 to 1 in 54 children in 2016, considerable attention has focus...