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Current indications for regional analgesia: obstetric complications

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Regional Analgesia in Obstetrics

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Though regional analgesia in labour is usually requested by mothers themselves, on occasion it is recommended by medical or midwifery staff, when they consider that it would optimise maternal or fetal condition. When the principal indications for regional analgesia are obstetric, careful counselling of the parturient is required to obtain informed consent, and the discussion and agreement should be documented in the notes.

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  1. Department of Anaesthetics, St Thomas’ Hospital, London, SE1 7EH, UK

    Felicity Reynolds MBBS, MD, FRCA, FRCOG ad eundem

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Erskine, K., Howell, P. (2000). Current indications for regional analgesia: obstetric complications. In: Reynolds, F. (eds) Regional Analgesia in Obstetrics. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0435-3_16

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