OB Anesthesia

Today, I’m on call covering OB.

MGH: OB anesthesia Q&A for patients

BWH: OB anesthesia Q&A for patients

IARS 2010: OB anesthesia in the 21st century

IARS 2011: OB anesthesia update

A&A 2013: A Randomized Controlled Comparison of Epidural Analgesia and Combined Spinal-Epidural Analgesia in a Private Practice Setting: Pain Scores During First and Second Stages of Labor and at Delivery

Indian J Anesthesia 2006: Acute Pain – Labour Analgesia

Presentation on mobile epidural

2014: CONTINUOUS VERSUS PATIENT-CONTROLLED EPIDURAL ANALGESIA FOR LABOUR ANALGESIA AND THEIR EFFECTS ON MATERNAL MOTOR FUNCTION AND AMBULATION

June 2011: Update on rural OB anesthesia

Oct 2013: Presentation on Labor analgesia. Epidural vs CSE, bolus v infusions

To epidural or not to epidural. That is the question.

My Reddit Comment

A great YouTube video on what an epidural is and what it will feel like.

YouTube vid of a real epidural placement ** Needles are involved in this one**

Lately, I’ve been changing my regimen for pain control with PCEA.  It seems most of my partners use a 10ml/hr basal rate, 5ml bolus dose, 10 minute lockout, and 30 ml/hr max.

My current strategy for PCEA (0.0625% bupi + 2mcg/ml fentanyl):

• 5ml/hr basal rate
• 10ml bolus
• 20 minute lockout
• 35 ml/hr max

Anesth Analges 2007: A Comparison of a Basal Infusion with Automated Mandatory Boluses in Parturient-Controlled Epidural Analgesia During Labor.

ASA Nov 2001: PCEA during labor

Br J Anaesth 2010:Labour analgesia and obstetric outcomes.

Effect of Intrathecal Bupivacaine Dose on the Success of External Cephalic Version for Breech Presentation: A Prospective, Randomized, Blinded Clinical Trial

Neuraxial anesthesia in the non-pregnant patient

Anesthesiology Research and Practice 2012: Recent advances in epidural analgesia.

Br J Anaesth 2012: Failed epidural: causes and management.

From my blog:

• WALKING epidurals
• Birth plan
• Reflections