Very little medication is needed to numb and block the pain with an epidural, which makes it one of the safest and most effective methods of pain control during labor and delivery.[5]#5 The ...

The anesthetic agents that are infused through the small catheter block spinal nerve roots in the epidural space and the sympathetic nerve fibers adjacent to them. Depending on the location of the ...

As Mother's Day approaches, Dr. Amy Mauritz, obstetric anesthesiologist for U.S. Anesthesia Partners and mother of two, wants ...

While surgical treatment has been shown to be effective, many clinicians begin with more conservative measures including epidural corticosteroid injections. These epidural injections have ...

0.25% soln when used for caudal, epidural, or peripheral nerve block, produces incomplete motor block. Should be used for operations in which muscle relaxation is not important, or when another ...

“This medicine blocks only pain signals ... you won’t feel the sharp pain that often comes with contractions. “Epidural during labour does not complete numb your lower body as if you ...

Caudal and lumbar epidural block: administer test dose; epinephrine may serve as a warning of unintentional intravascular inj. For all procedures: max dose: 7mg/kg, not to exceed 500mg.