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Lumbar epidural analgesia–the pursuit of perfection
Author(s) -
DOUGHTY ANDREW
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1975.tb00949.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lumbar , epidural block , pain relief , pain management , anesthesia , surgery
Lumbar epidural block for the relief of pain in labour has been reported as having a variable frequency of success. Analysis of a personal series of 1544 epidurals carried out with the close co-operation of midwives shows that, with attention to details of management, satisfactory analgesia can be assured in well over 90% of all labours. Total failure should be a rare event and the causes of more than half the partial failures can be traced to errors of management.