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The extension of labour epidural analgesia for Caesarean section |
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| Authors: | M.K. MILNE D.G. DALRYMPLE R. ALLISON J.I.M. LAWSON |
| Affiliation: | Melville K. Milne, MB, ChB, FFARCS, Consultant, David G. Dalrymple, MB, ChB, FFARCS, Consultant, Robin Allison, MB, ChB, FFARCS, Senior Registrar, J.I. Murray Lawson, MB, ChB, DA, FFARCS, Consultant, Department of Anaesthesia, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee. Dr Robin Allison, Present address: Senior Registrar in Anaesthesia, Western Infirmary, Glasgow. |
| Abstract: | Seven hundred and twenty-two patients who received epidural analgesia during labour were delivered by Caesarean section. The block was extended in 554 patients to provide analgesia for surgery. In twenty-one cases incomplete analgesia necessitated general anaesthesia. The main complications were maternal hypotension (15.9%) and vomiting (17.1%). Almost all patients expressed enthusiasm for the technique. |
| Keywords: | ANAESTHESIA obstetric, epidural |