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OBSTETRIC PRACTICE AND EPIDURAL ANALGESIA
Author(s) -
Nicholas A. D. G.,
Tipton R. H.,
Wheatley C. J.,
Bircumshaw J.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1970.tb03548.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pain relief , anesthesia , analgesic , local anaesthetic , pain management , surgery
Summary The problems of introducing epidural analgesia into the labour wards are discussed and the results of a double blind trial of 1 per cent lignocaine and 0·25 per cent bupivicaine are presented. The trial included 84 patients having continuous caudal analgesia. Bupivicaine was the more satisfactory analgesic agent. Epidural analgesia has a definite part in obstetric management as well as being a safe and efficient method of pain relief in labour.