Epidural analgesia is used by more than half of laboring women, yet there is no consensus
about what unintended effects it causes. To evaluate the state of our knowledge, we …

Advances in the field of labour analgesia have tread a long journey from the days of ether
and chloroform in 1847 to the present day practice of comprehensive programme of labour …

The effectiveness of two epidural analgesic regimens on the ability to ambulate was
compared in women in labor by a prospective, randomized, double-blind design. One group …

Epidural analgesia has a well-established role in labour, but has the drawbacks of delayed
onset and motor blockade. The combined spinal-epidural technique may overcome these …

Background Bupivacaine alone, or in combination with opioids, has been shown to provide
adequate pain relief without motor paralysis. This study examined the effects of bupivacaine …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether maintaining a motor-sparing epidural analgesia infusion
affects the duration of the second stage of labor in nulliparous parturients compared with a …

OBJECTIVE: The perception that obese women have longer labors and a higher frequency
of operative delivery because they are “poor pushers” persists despite the absence of …

Background Although epidural analgesia provides the most effective labour analgesia, it is
associated with some adverse obstetric consequences, including an increased risk of …

Epidural analgesia is the most effective and innocuous technique for obstetrics. Pain relief is
its main indication but maternal diseases that might be decompensated by labour and …

The intended and unintended effects of epidural labor analgesia are reviewed. Mothers
randomized to epidural rather than parenteral opioid analgesia have better pain relief. Fetal …