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Advances in labor analgesia

International Journal of Women's Health, 2009
Cynthia A WongDepartment of Anesthesiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USAAbstract: The pain of childbirth is arguably the most severe pain most women will endure in their lifetimes.
Cynthia A Wong
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Labor analgesia in India: A study on awareness, utilization, and perceptions among pregnant women [PDF]

Journal of Education and Health Promotion
Background: The concept of labor analgesia remains largely ambiguous to expectant women and pregnant individuals within the Indian healthcare system. The act of parturition is recognized as one of the most excruciating experiences in a woman’s existence.
Yuvasri Srinivasan, KalyaniPraba PremSundar, M. Anuradha, S. Subramanian, D. Gunaseelan, A. Saravanan, K. Thamarai Selvi   +6 more
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Safety and Efficacy of Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant in Epidural Anesthesia for Labor Analgesia: A Narrative Review [PDF]

Medical Sciences
Effective pain management during labor must balance adequate maternal pain relief with preservation of maternal participation and fetal safety. Epidural anesthesia remains the gold standard for labor analgesia.
Josephine M. Feeney, Seth J. Duet, Cailyn B. Jones, Anthony J. Baffi, Sandy Rayes Elmalakh, Kristin Nicole Bembenick, Sahar Shekoohi, Shahab Ahmadzadeh   +7 more
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Prenatal labor analgesia education program on outcomes for primiparas: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Background A significant number of primiparous women lack awareness of labor epidural analgesia, resulting in lower acceptance of labor epidural analgesia. Additional prenatal education may help primiparas understand labor epidural analgesia and increase
Jiali Wu, Jing Chen, Weiwen Zhang, Jiangtao OuYang, Jia Li, Xujuan Zheng   +5 more
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Advances in Epidural Labor Analgesia for Obese Parturients [PDF]

Journal of Pain Research
Zunyi Liu, Jiang Zhu Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Jiang Zhu, Tel +8613962153438, Email zhujiangsz@126.comAbstract: With the ...
Liu Z, Zhu J
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Epidural Analgesia in Labor - Controversies

Acta Clinica Croatica, 2015
Labor pain is one of the most severe pains. Labor is a complex and individual process with varying maternal requesting analgesia. Labor analgesia must be safe and accompanied by minimal amount of unwanted consequences for both the mother and the child ...
Nada Bilić, Ivka Djaković, Katarina Kličan-Jaić, Senka Sabolović Rudman, Željko Ivanec   +4 more
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Knowledge and awareness of labor analgesia services available in our tertiary hospital among the pregnant women: A prospective study

Bali Journal of Anesthesiology, 2021
Background: Knowledge regarding labor analgesia is poor among the pregnant women. This hinders them from utilizing the services in centers where it is available.
Mahesh Madhugiri Chandrashekaraiah, Lena Koshy, Samah Haidar Hakema, Sadiya S Ahmed, Shakeel B Mahammad, Nusiba Ibrahim   +5 more
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Effect of Music Therapy Combined with Free Position Delivery on Labor Pain and Birth Outcomes

Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, 2022
Objective. At present, the clinical effect of music therapy combined with free position to assist delivery is rarely reported. Based on evidence-based nursing, this study is aimed at exploring the effect of the combination of music therapy and free ...
Huimin Guo, Mochun Que, Jie Shen, Qiaole Nie, Youguo Chen, Qin Huang, Aiying Jin   +6 more
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Neuraxial analgesia: a review of its effects on the outcome and duration of labor [PDF]

Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2013
Labor pain is one of the most challenging experiences encountered by females during their lives. Neuraxial analgesia is the mainstay analgesic for intrapartum pain relief.
Hoon Jung, Kyung-Hwa Kwak
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Satisfaction as a Mediator and Its Interaction With Adherence to Labor Analgesia Protocols: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Chinese Medical Personnel

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
BackgroundAlthough the Chinese promotion of labor analgesia began in 2018 to improve maternal health, high-quality medical care is difficult to provide to pregnant women when medical staff cannot implement standard labor analgesia procedures.
Dong Lang, Dong Lang, Chengxu Long, Shuna Lin, Shuna Lin, Yinghua Xie, Yinghua Xie, Fangfei Chen, Fangfei Chen, Rui Zhao, Chunping Liu, Shangfeng Tang, Shangfeng Tang   +12 more
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