Epidural block
When it comes to managing labor pain, some expecting moms prefer to deal with the pain of childbirth naturally, using breathing and relaxation techniques. Others decide to use pain medication to help manage labor pain.
Epidural Block:
An "epidural block" numbs or causes a loss of feeling in the lower half your body. A specialist physician or anesthesiologist injects the block into the lower back.
Epidural Blocks
This is a combination of a local anaesthetic and a narcotic that continuously relieves pain in the lower part of the body. An epidural is given with a catheter into the epidural space, which surrounds the spine area of your body.
Epidural block: Type of anesthesia. Medication is injected around the spinal cord during labour or other types of surgery.
Epidural block - Type of regional anesthesia. Medication is injected into the epidural space during labor or for some types of surgery.
Epidural block
An anesthetic technique that reduces pain during childbirth without altering the other's level of consciousness. This type of regional anesthesia is often given during labor to relieve the pain of contractions and delivery.
epidural anesthesia (Also called an epidural block.) - this anesthesia involves infusing numbing medications through a thin catheter that has been inserted into the space that surrounds the spinal cord in the lower back, ...
Anaesthetic complications - less common if a spinal or epidural block is used.
There is a risk of accidental surgical damage to the bladder / bowel. (Accidental surgical damage to the urinary tract occurs in about 1 in 1000 caesareans).
Epidural block or parenteral pethidine as analgesic in labour; a randomized study concerning progress in labour and instrumental deliveries. EurJ Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 1989;30:27:33. (0.375%) ...
Epidural: The most commonly employed method of pain relief during labor and delivery is the epidural blockade. It is used to provide anesthesia during labor and delivery as well as anesthesia for a caesarean section.
Spinal block - Similar to an epidural block, but the anesthetic is injected into the space below the spinal cord then into the area around it
Spontaneous abortion - A miscarriage ...
This is used in conjunction with another medication in the epidural block.
Pregnancy Uses
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Most classes also cover the pros and cons of common medications, such as narcotic analgesics and epidural blocks.
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 See also: Epidural, Spinal, Pregnancy, Delivery, Vagina
  
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