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An update on obstetric anesthesia.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20472631     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Many women in the United States receive analgesia for labor and delivery. The ideal labor analgesic technique would confer complete pain relief without side effects. The analgesic technique would not cause any lower extremity motor blockade nor interfere with the progress or course of labor and would be sufficiently flexible to produce anesthesia for instrumental or cesarean deliveries. Furthermore, the baby would be vigorous at birth. Modern obstetric analgesia techniques and medications achieve these goals. This article reviews current labor analgesia techniques and medications used during labor and delivery.
Authors:
Yaakov Beilin
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Seminars in cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia     Volume:  14     ISSN:  1940-5596     ISO Abbreviation:  Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth     Publication Date:  2010 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-05-17     Completed Date:  2010-08-17     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9807630     Medline TA:  Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  64-5     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA. Yaakov.Beilin@mountsinai.org
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Analgesia, Epidural / methods*
Analgesia, Obstetrical / methods*
Cesarean Section
Delivery, Obstetric*
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Labor, Obstetric
Pregnancy

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