An epidural for people in labor is an anesthetic procedure used to deliver nerve-blocking drugs, via a tiny plastic tube, into the "epidural space" in the back, through which spinal nerves travel. They'reperformed by anesthetists, who are specialist doctors. The doctor first identifies the ep...
One benefit of a regional anesthetic is the patient can be consciously sedated or be fully conscious. A Cesarean section is an example of a procedure performed with the patient awake, with regional anesthesia (epidural) used to control the pain of the surgery. The patient can feel things above...
Primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an immune-mediated bleeding disorder characterized by decreased platelet counts and an increased risk of bleeding. Multiple humoral and cellular immune abnormalities result in accelerated platelet destruction and
Numerous studies have shown that epidural anaesthesia/analgesia is a powerful analgesic technique, but one which has a low therapeutic index. Although traditionally based on the use of local anaesthetics, epidural analgesia is now being performed using combinations of local anaesthetics and opioids with...
regional anesthesia can numb the entire leg. This is known as peripheral regional anesthesia because it blocks a singlenerveor specific bundle of nerves. The other type of regional anesthesia is central anesthesia, which usually involves an injection into the cerebrospinal fluid or the epidural space...
“You have the option of an epidural,” Dr. Conti adds. The process can take several hours or several days. Barring a medical issue, you can go home a few hours after the fetus is out. Recovery can take longer than after other types of abortions and may include vaginal swelling, ...
How soon and how often are re-injections performed after first TFESI? A retrospective study on TFESI for low back and radicular pain in a large academic pa... Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection (TFESI) has been used for effective management of low back and radicular pain. Initial and...
lots of hydration. But for many patients it does not and an epidural blood patch is needed. This is a procedure where the doctors inject your own blood into the epidural space, to create a clot that allows your body to heal the area of the leak. The patch is not the lasting “seal”...
A C-section begins with either general anesthesia or an epidural to numb you from the waist down. Then, a sterile drape is placed over your body to prep for the procedure. Here’s what happens step-by-step during a C-section, perPenn Medicine: ...
Mother: when the epidural anesthesia is performed, the sphincter near the anus becomes paralyzed and the control of the stool decreases. You will also have the intestinal peristalsis in childbed, defecation is. However, the doctors attitude towards the matter is objective, they think its just a...