Medication administration: epidural

OBJECTIVE To compare epidural analgesia (EDA) to patient-controlled opioid-based analgesia (PCA) in patients undergoing… (More)

BACKGROUND Complications following lumbar transforaminal epidural injection are frequently related to inadvertent vascular… (More)

OBJECTIVE To determine whether changes in risk factors for postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) over time are associated with a rise in… (More)

INTRODUCTION Despite concern over high rates of operative birth in many countries, particularly amongst low risk healthy women… (More)

This study was conducted in Lebanon with the main objectives of acquiring baseline data on practices and routines applied in the… (More)

UNLABELLED Anticipated technical difficulty is one factor that can influence the anesthesiologist's decision to perform neuraxial… (More)

BACKGROUND Continuous thoracic epidural analgesia is considered by many the gold standard for post-thoracotomy pain control but… (More)

We have performed a randomized comparison of two low-dose epidural regimens for analgesia in labour, differing only in the manner… (More)

OBJECTIVE To determine if epidural analgesia is associated with differences in rates of severe perineal trauma during vaginal… (More)

This prospective study recorded levels of analgesia (loss of sharp pin prick sensation) and anaesthesia (loss of touch sensation… (More)