This paper is the 28th consecutive installment of the annual review of research concerning
the endogenous opioid system, now spanning over a quarter-century of research. It …

An important goal of obstetric anesthesia is to provide for the safety and comfort of the
mother as well as to optimize physiologic outcomes for the neonate. Markers of neonatal …

Background Women undergoing cesarean section are vulnerable to adverse effects
associated with inadvertent perioperative hypothermia, but there has been a lack of …

Long-acting neuraxial opioids such as morphine and diamorphine, administered via spinal
or epidural routes, are staple components of a multimodal approach to postoperative …

BACKGROUND: Rates of hypothermia for women undergoing spinal anesthesia for
cesarean delivery are high and prevention is desirable. This trial compared the effectiveness …

Neuraxial opioids are an integral part of obstetric anaesthesia and have contributed to
greatly improved analgesia for labour and caesarean delivery, both intraoperatively and …

Anesthesia and surgery interfere with normal thermoregulation, and nearly all patients will
become hypothermic unless compensatory measures are used. Preoperative patient …

Several studies documented persistent hypothermia in parturients after spinal anesthesia,
while others reported that labor analgesia was related to a high incidence of fever …

Cesarean section is among the most commonly performed surgeries in women and
neuroaxial anaesthesia is the technique of choice for this procedure. Although numerous …

Background: Over 30% of parturients undergoing spinal anesthesia for cesarean section
become intraoperatively hypothermic. This study assessed the magnitude of hypothermic …