Vigilance
during epidural analgesia
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Bhavani
Shankar Kodali MD
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Monitoring of childbirth pain relief during epidural anesthesia
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As
described earlier, after making you comfortable with an
initial epidural injection of local anesthetic
medication, an epidural pump is usually set up to
deliver a set amount of medication periodically. The
pump injects epidural medications automatically until
the baby is delivered. This will ensure that you are
comfortable through out your childbirth process.
Occasionally, however, the amount set to deliver
automatically by the epidural pump may not be enough and
you may feel uncomfortable contractions during the childbirth
process. The anesthesiologist can make you
comfortable and achieve optimum pain relief with
additional epidural medications. Your labor and delivery
nurse and the anesthesiologist will monitor the pain
relief all through your birthing process.
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