Regional Analgesia in Obstetric:A Millennium Updata

Preface; Foreword; I. USA; UK; Scandinavia; Western Europe;
Eastern Europe; Turkey; Australia & New Zealand; Far East.
- II. Mobile epidurals and new drugs; Spinal analgesia; Top-ups,
infusions and PCEA; Place of test dose/fluid loading; Trials:
what should we assess?; Up-down sequential analysis.
- III. Obstetric complications; Intercurrent disease; Place in
low risk?- IV. Benefits of relieving labour pain; Effect on
labour and delivery; Effects on the baby. V. Regional
anaesthesia for surgery; Postoperative pain relief.
- VI. Immediate complications; Dural puncture and headache; Long
term backache; Neurological sequelae; Impact on maternal
mortality; Contraindications; Medicolegal implications;
Information and consent.