RT Book, Section
A1 Sween, Lindsay K.
A2 Hess, Philip E.
A2 Li, Yunping
A2 Kowalczyk, John J.
A2 Stiles, Justin K.
SR Print(0)
ID 1199673964
T1 Neuraxial Labor Analgesia
T2 Obstetric Anesthesia: Quick References & Practical Guides
YR 2023
FD 2023
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264671465
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1199673964
RD 2024/04/18
AB Neuraxial  analgesia  is  the  most  effective  modality  for  pain  control  during  labor  and  delivery  and  is  used  in  ∼70%  of  laboring  women  in  the  United  States.1,2  Compared  to  other  pharmacologic  and  nonpharmacologic  analgesic  modalities,  neuraxial  analgesia  provides  better  pain  relief  during  the  first  and  second  stages  of  labor,  improves  patient  attentiveness  and  cooperation,  offers  anesthesia  for  assisted  vaginal  delivery  or  cesarean  delivery  if  necessary,  and  avoids  the  potentially  negative  maternal  and  neonatal  respiratory  effects  of  systemic  opioid  administration.3  Over  the  past  several  decades,  neuraxial  options  for  labor  analgesia  have  expanded  from  the  standard  epidural  to  include  combined  spinal  epidural  (CSE)  and  dural  puncture  epidural  (DPE).