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Pain relief options (including epidural) for women in labour

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Pain relief options (including epidural) for women in labour - Other Information

An anaesthesiologist will insert an epidural under sterile conditions. The patient can be sitting or lying on the side. At the end of the epidural procedure, the epidural needle will be removed and the catheter will be taped onto the back. The patient will be free to move after that.

Epidural
The picture below shows an Entonox (“gas and air” or “laughing gas”) face mask and a patient is breathing in Entonox through a face mask.
Laughing Gas

References
  1. http://www.labourpains.com/UI/Content/content.aspx?ID=42
  2. Jones L, Othman M, Dowswell T, Alfirevic Z, Gates S, Newburn M, Jordan S, Lavender T, Neilson JP. Pain management for women in labour: an overview of systematic reviews. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2012, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD009234. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009234.pub2. 3. Anim-Somuah M, Smyth RM, Jones L. Epidural versus non-epidural or no analgesia in labour. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2011 Jan 1;12. 4. Loo CC, Dahlgren G, Irestedt L. Neurological complications in obstetric regional anaesthesia. International journal of obstetric anesthesia. 2000 Apr 30;9(2):99-124.
  3. Major complications of central neuraxial block: Report on the 3rd National Audit project of the Royal College of anaesthetist. 2009. RCOA.
  4. Ruppen W, Derry S, McQuay H, Moore RA. Incidence of epidural hematoma, infection and neurologic injury in obstetric patients with epidural analgesia/anesthesia. Anesthesiology 2006; 105: 394399.
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