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A 30-year-old pregnant woman is undergoing induction of labor and is experiencing severe pain despite intravenous opioid administration. Epidural analgesia is recommended. Epidural analgesia involves the injection of a local anesthetic agent and an opioid analgesic agent into the lumbar epidural space. These agents diffuse across the dura and act on the spinal nerve roots. Rates of cesarean delivery are not increased with epidural analgesia.
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