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Burnstein, Buckland, Pickett, Pickett |
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Anaesthesia; Jul1999, Vol. 54 Issue 7, p634-640, 7p |
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A postal survey of obstetric units throughout the UK was conducted to obtain information about the provision of epidural analgesia for labour. Ninety per cent of units offered a 24-h epidural service and the average epidural rate was 24%. The most commonly administered epidural test dose was 3 ml of bupivacaine 0.5% and bupivacaine 0.25% was most often used as the initial epidural top-up. Continuous infusions of low-dose bupivacaine and opioid mixtures were the most popular method of maintenance epidural analgesia. Twenty-four per cent of units offered combined spinal–epidural analgesia in addition to standard epidural analgesia. Midwives played a prominent role in the administration of epidural bolus top-ups and also in the assessment and maintenance of continuous epidural infusions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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