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The extension of labour epidural analgesia for Caesarean section
Author(s) -
MILNE M.K.,
DALRYMPLE D.G.,
ALLISON R.,
LAWSON J.I.M.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1979.tb06246.x
Subject(s) - medicine , caesarean section , epidural block , anesthesia , vomiting , general anaesthesia , section (typography) , surgery , pregnancy , genetics , advertising , business , biology
Seven hundred and twenty-two patients who received epidural analgesia during labour were delivered by Caesarean section. The block was extended in 554 patients to provide analgesia for surgery. In twenty-one cases incomplete analgesia necessitated general anaesthesia. The main complications were maternal hypotension (15.9%) and vomiting (17.1%). Almost all patients expressed enthusiasm for the technique.