Women's Health Medicine
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 16-18, July 2005

Epidural analgesia

Rachel E Collis is Consultant Anaesthetist with a special interest in obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia at The University Hospital of Wales. She qualified from St Bartholomew’s Hospital and trained in London, where a rotation to Queen Charlotte’s Maternity Hospital started her interest in this field. She has published research papers and many articles on the development of ‘the mobile epidural’. She now specializes in the assessment and management of high-risk pregnant women.

Abstract 

Since 1990, there has been a huge change in the way regional analgesia is provided to mothers in labour. The main changes have been to improve the reliability of regional analgesia while reducing the side effect of motor block. This contribution covers the induction and maintenance of analgesia, and mobilization with a regional block during labour.

Keywords:  childbirth , pain relief , anaesthesia , bupivacaine , epidural , fentanyl , levobupivacaine , mobilization , regional block , ropivacaine

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PII: S1744-1870(06)00070-9

doi:10.1383/wohm.2005.2.4.16

Women's Health Medicine
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 16-18, July 2005

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