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September 1, 2000European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Epidural analgesia-anaesthesia in obstetrics

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Population

Obstetric patients (parturients)

Design

Review

Authors

CGC. GomarUniversidad InternacionalCFClaudia L. FernándezUniversity of California, San Diego

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Implication

Supports epidural analgesia in obstetrics with monitoring for complications; leaves open need for updated comparative trials.

Structured PICO

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Population
Obstetric patients (parturients)
I
Intervention
Epidural analgesia-anaesthesia (low doses of long-acting local anaesthetics alone or in combination with low doses of fentanyl or sufentanil)

Epidural analgesia using low-dose local anesthetics with or without opioids is safe and effective for obstetric pain relief, though careful administration and monitoring for complications are required.

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Gomar et al. (2000) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7c49f1c2a640f0bcdfa25ehttps://doi.org/10.1097/00003643-200009000-00003
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