THE OCCURRENCE OF UNBLOCKED SEGMENTS DURING CONTINUOUS LUMBAR EPIDURAL ANALGESIA FOR PAIN RELIEF IN LABOUR

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1 December 1971

journal article
research article
Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia

Vol. 43 (12) , 1172-1174
https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/43.12.1172

Abstract

The records of a consecutive series of 920 cases of continuous lumbar epidural analgesia for the control of pain in labour were examined to ascertain the incidence of unilateral block and unblocked segments. An unblocked segment was noted to have occurred in 6.7 per cent of patients and was persistent in 1.5 per cent of patients. Unilateral block occurred in 1.5 per cent of patients, being persistent in 0.54 per cent.

Keywords

ANALGESIA
LUMBAR
CONSECUTIVE
EPIDURAL
NOTED
ASCERTAIN
UNBLOCKED SEGMENTS
SUMMARYTHE

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