IMR Press / CEOG / Volume 32 / Issue 2 / pii/2005036

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Original Research

Epidural anesthesia from an obstetrics point of view

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1 Institute of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade (Serbia and Montenegro)
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2005, 32(2), 126–128;
Published: 10 June 2005
Abstract

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.

Keywords
Epidural anesthesia
Pregnancy
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