A portable anaesthetic monitoring trolley for labour room placement of epidurals

A randomised controlled trial using the Epidrum for labour epidurals.

The aim of our study was to determine if using the Epidrum to site epidurals improves success and reduces morbidity. Three hundred parturients requesting epidural analgesia for labour were enrolled. 150 subjects had their epidural sited using Epidrum and 150 using standard technique. We recorded subject demographics, operator experience, number of attempts, Accidental Dural Puncture rate, rate ...

Aseptic techniques for labour epidurals: A survey and review of neuraxial anesthesia practice

Background: Aseptic technique is essential for the prevention of infection during labour epidural procedures. The literature suggests there is significant variability in aseptic practice among clinicians which often depends on personal beliefs rather than scientific evidence. The main objective of this survey was to determine which components of aseptic precautions in labour epidural anesthesia...

Labour Room Clinics

Towards Portable Hierarchical Placement for FPGAs

Local Anaesthetic Epidural Solution for Labour: About Concentrations and Additives

Epidural analgesia can be considered nowadays as the standard technique to relieve pain during labour. Wide information is now available about the different parameters the clinician has to choose to conduct it, namely drugs, concentrations, regimens and additives. The recently published guidelines from the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Obstetric Anesthesia illustrate the s...