IMPLICATIONS: The epinephrine test dose for intravascular epidural needle/catheter
misplacement can only be recommended for nonpregnant adult patients and children. More …

After 30 years, Obstetrics: Normal and Problem Pregnancies remains your go-to choice for
authoritative guidance on managing today's obstetric patient. International experts put the …

E pidural postoperative analgesia is a popular tech-nique that may improve patient comfort
and outcome while reducing hospital costs (1, 2). However, significant risks accompany the …

As an intelligent woman, you are probably used to learning as much as you can before
making major decisions. But when it comes to one of the most important decisions of your …

Background This study prospectively evaluated the ability of aspiration to detect
intravascular placement of multiple-orifice epidural catheters. Methods Multiple-orifice, 20 …

The evolution of obstetric anesthesia and analge-sia has closely followed anesthesia for
other subspecialties. In 1847, shortly after the first public demonstration of ether anesthesia …

A survey consisting of 47 questions, 40 regarding clinical practice and 7 regarding
demographics, was mailed to 153 directors of obstetric anesthesia in academic practice and …

Aspiration reliably detects almost all IV multiorifice epidural catheters. Although a
supplemental epinephrine 15-[micro sign] g test dose may detect the rare IV catheter that …

The authors performed a clinical trial in 313 patients in labor to determine the safety and
efficacy of an air test for unintentional intravenous placement of epidural catheters …

Physiological alterations during pregnancy and labour restrict the use and also the validity of
traditional test agents. Epinephrine is not appropriate to detect a vascular insertion in labour …