Labor Epidural Analgesia Linked to Reduced Likelihood of Successful Breastfeeding
Labor epidural analgesia may be associated with reduced likelihood of breastfeeding at 6 weeks.
Labor epidural analgesia may be associated with reduced likelihood of breastfeeding at 6 weeks.
Targeted indwelling caudal epidural steroid injection in combination with a four-step manipulative therapy may be a safe and effective method for reducing pain intensity and functional disability in patients with symptomatic lumbar disc hernia.
Transforaminal epidural steroid injections may be more effective in relieving pain in patients with mild to moderate vs severe lower extremity radicular pain associated with lumbar foraminal spinal stenosis.
Epidural steroid injections may be associated with reduced bone mineral density and an increased risk for vertebral fracture.
Opioid use prior to epidural steroid injections for degenerative spine diseases may not have an impact on the long-term effectiveness of the injections.
Neuraxial anesthetics and analgesics are associated with fewer systemic adverse effects than general anesthetics.
Uniport and multiport wire-reinforced flexible catheters have similar analgesic efficacy for labor epidural analgesia.
In patients with severe chronic pain refractory to conventional therapy, intrathecal ziconotide provided long-term pain relief, particularly when used as first-line intrathecal therapy.
A randomized trial found that pregabalin is not more effective than placebo in treating sciatica, and resulted in more adverse effects.
Despite lower reported effectiveness for labor pain, the degree of patient satisfaction in women who received nitrous oxide is similar to that of women who received neuraxial modalities.