Clarke: Anesthesia and Analgesia in Obstetrics

Continuous spinal anesthesia and analgesia in obstetrics.

The development of the technique of continuous spinal anesthesia as it relates to the obstetric population is recounted. The advantages and disadvantages of continuous spinal anesthesia are examined, currently available catheters and kits are reviewed, and strategies for the management of continuous spinal techniques for labor analgesia and surgical anesthesia are discussed. Continuous spinal a...

FOCUSED REVIEW Continuous Spinal Anesthesia and Analgesia in Obstetrics

The development of the technique of continuous spinal anesthesia as it relates to the obstetric population is recounted. The advantages and disadvantages of continuous spinal anesthesia are examined, currently available catheters and kits are reviewed, and strategies for the management of continuous spinal techniques for labor analgesia and surgical anesthesia are discussed. Continuous spinal a...

Conduction anesthesia in obstetrics.

Analgesia and anaesthesia in modern obstetrics.

'Quot homines, tot sententiae.' Many speakers are discussing the relief of pain in midwifery; each has his own hobby-horse. Such a state of affairs proclaims the inescapable fact that, so far, we have failed to make childbirth safely painless. Yet definite progress has been made. There are many ways in which the problem may be tackled; there is a wide variety of drugs available, many of which a...

Extra-dural analgesia in obstetrics and gynaecology.

There are many advantages to be derived from the use of extra-dural block in obstetrics and gynaecology. In the past many anaesthetists have been reluctant to make use of the method owing to the difficulty in accurately locating the extra-dural space, but with advances in technique this has been overcome and there has been a great increase in the use of this form of analgesia in recent years. O...