Epidural anesthesia from an obstetrics point of view

• Published in: Clinical and experimental obstetrics & gynecology Vol. 32; no. 2; pp. 126 - 128
• Main Authors: Gojnic, M, Mostic, T, Arsenijevic, S, Pervulov, M, Petkovic, S, Ivanisevic, M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada 2005
• Subjects: Adult; Analgesia, Epidural - standards; Analgesia, Epidural - trends; Analgesia, Obstetrical - standards; Analgesia, Obstetrical - trends; Attitude of Health Personnel; Cohort Studies; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Gestational Age; Humans; Labor, Obstetric; Pain Measurement; Parity; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Practice Patterns, Physicians; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Outcome; Time Factors
• ISSN: 0390-6663

With the acceptance of new ideas in medicine and modernization of life styles, it is necessary to conduct delivery as a beautiful act of giving life with the least amount of pain possible using epidural anesthesia. Thus, not only is the physical aspect of delivery improved but also benefits from anesthesia are seen in obstetrics. To conduct epidural anesthesia successfully during delivery, certain conditions are necessary regarding the fetus and mother. Such conditions include an adequate Bishop score, fetal head presentation, the presence of amnion, adequate term of delivery and Doppler flows that do not compromise vaginal delivery. Primiparas in term pregnancies without pathological conditions related to mother or fetus were examined. The duration of delivery was observed in a group of primiparas that did not receive epidural anesthesia (group A) and a group of primiparas that received epidural anesthesia (group B). The study lasted one year.