[What does the Internet teach the obstetric patient about labor analgesia?].

Background And Objectives: It has been observed a general public increased search on the Internet for health information, including Anesthesiology. The objective of this study was to evaluate the information available to the lay person in Portuguese on the Internet about labor analgesia for the Brazilian population.

Method: Using the term “labor anesthesia”, the first 20 sites found on Google in November 2014 were evaluated by two resident physicians and classified as medical and non-medical.