Obstetric anesthesia is science and art combined, and obstetric anesthesiologists must be
concerned simultaneously with the lives of (at least two) intricately interwoven patients–the …

In December 2006, a study 1 published in a relatively new, online-only Australian breast-
feeding journal made headlines around the world. Newspapers and magazines reported …

Maintaining labour epidural analgesia: what is the best opti... : Current Opinion in
Anesthesiology Maintaining labour epidural analgesia: what is the best option? : Current …

Present-day mothers have an increased desire to breastfeed, but this desire has increased
in parallel with the increased use of epidural analgesia during labor. Epidural anesthesia …

A central goal of The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine is the development of clinical
protocols for managing common medical problems that may impact breastfeeding success …

A central goal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine is the development of clinical
protocols for managing common medical problems that may impact breastfeeding success …

Neuraxial analgesia is widely accepted as the most effective and the least depressant
method of providing pain relief in labor. Over the last several decades neuraxial labor …

Every year in the United States, four million women give birth, and four million women
experience pain during the process. Ninety-nine percent of women give birth in hospital …

This review is an update on anaesthetic agents and their excretion into breast milk; it
presents the reported effects on suckling infants, and discusses the precautions which …

Aim women use various labour pain management techniques during birth. The objective of
this study is to investigate women׳ s use of pharmacological and non-pharmacological …