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The pregnant and postpartum stomach. [PDF]

open access: yesEur J Anaesthesiol
Desai N, Lawson J, Elwen F, Howle R.
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Epidural Analgesia

Survey of Anesthesiology, 1992
The most frequently used postoperative analgesia techniques are intramuscular injection (IM) and patient controlled analgesia (PCA). Recently, the use of epidural catheter injection (EPI) has been done with success. This study was done to prospectively compare these three techniques for postoperative analgesia after extensive operations upon the colon ...
M J, Kilbride   +4 more
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Epidural Analgesia

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 1991
The process of nociception, the anatomy of the epidural space, and the placement of the epidural catheter are reviewed, and the pharmacology and pharmacokinetics, analgesic efficacy, and potential adverse effects of epidurally administered narcotics and local anesthetics are discussed, as well as patient monitoring standards and solution preparation ...
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Epidural analgesia

Clinical Risk, 2000
Abstract Epidural analgesia is an invasive procedure which has a number of benefits. It provides optimal analgesia for operations on the lower limbs, abdomen, and thorax and allows effective chest physiotherapy in the presence of abdominal and chest incisions.
Gilbert Park   +2 more
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Postoperative Epidural Analgesia

Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 1991
Epidural analgesia is an important advance in the treatment of postoperative pain. Improved pain relief and decreased patient morbidity have combined to make this technique more desirable than the use of traditional intramuscular narcotics. Optimal patient care and satisfaction, however, can only be achieved with the education and assistance of ...
T R, Lubenow, A D, Ivankovich
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Epidural analgesia

British Journal of Nursing, 1994
Epidural analgesia is becoming a more popular method of pain control. However, in order for it to be used effectively and safely nurses need to know how to monitor the patient and to be aware of the complications and side effects that could arise.
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Obstetric epidural analgesia

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology, 2002
There has recently been a growing interest in developing and modulating the techniques of neuraxial analgesia to meet the changing individual needs of parturients for pain relief during the course of labour and delivery.Neuraxial analgesia is now very safe.
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Epidural Opioid Analgesia

Critical Care Clinics, 1990
Epidural opioid analgesia has become an important therapeutic technique in the management of acute pain and has been demonstrated to be superior or equal to other parenteral opioid techniques (intramuscular, intravenous, PCA) with less associated sedation and significantly smaller doses of drugs.
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