In their paper on severity of labour pain Dr. Ronald Melzack and col-leagues (Can
MedAssoc J 1984; 130: 579-584) report the distribution and intensity of pain in four patients …

A method of producing analgesia by means of a continuous epidural technique employing a
single catheter in the upper lumbar epidural space was used in 213 obstetrical cases. In …

In a retrospective study 1,000 women who in 1979 had undergone a delivery either under
epidural-anaesthesia or without, and instead either relation training or pethidine in small …

E APPRECIATE the opportunity of presenting our experiences and results with one of the
newer methods of pain relief in obstetrics. In the Charity Hospital of New Orleans, we have …

A questionnaire was sent to 260 women who in 1979 had undergone a caesarean section
under either epidural or general anaesthesia. Those women who had an epidural for their …

Epidural analgesia in labour From Miss J Towler, Midwife, and Mr AHC Walker, Consultant
Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester M13 OJH Dear Sir, Andrew …

The problems of introducing epidural analgesia into the labour wards are discussed and the
results of a double blind trial of 1 per cent lignocaine and 0· 25 per cent bupivicaine are …

Although I do not feel that epidural anesthesia is the ideal type, I believe it has numerous
advantages particularly in those cases usually considered to be poor operative risks. From …

The use of epidural analgesia by obstetricians in 2,645 women in labour is reported. The
use of this technique as one of the routine methods is proposed even in those centres where …

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IN OBSTETRICS 597 labors, coramine should be given to induce more prompt and thorough …