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Relief of Labor Pain by Systemic Medications and Inhalational Agents

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Systemic medications have been used exclusively or in association with psychoanalgesia for relief of labor pain during both the first and second stages of labor. These drugs can be classified into several categories.

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  1. Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Sanjay Datta (Professor of Anesthesia), Bhavani Shankar Kodali (Associate Professor of Anesthesia) & Scott Segal (Associate Professor of Anesthesia)

  2. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Sanjay Datta (Professor of Anesthesia), Bhavani Shankar Kodali (Associate Professor of Anesthesia) & Scott Segal (Associate Professor of Anesthesia)

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Datta, S., Kodali, B.S., Segal, S. (2010). Relief of Labor Pain by Systemic Medications and Inhalational Agents. In: Obstetric Anesthesia Handbook. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-88602-2_8

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