UTERINE RUPTURE AND EPIDURAL ANALGESIA DURING TRIAL OF LABOR

Authors
ROWBOTTOM SJ CRITCHLEY LAH GIN T
Citation
Sj. Rowbottom et al., UTERINE RUPTURE AND EPIDURAL ANALGESIA DURING TRIAL OF LABOR, Anaesthesia, 52(5), 1997, pp. 486-488
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Anesthesiology
Journal title
Anaesthesia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00032409
Volume
52
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
486 - 488
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-2409(1997)52:5<486:URAEAD>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
A case of complete uterine rupture during a trial of labour in which e pidural analgesia was used is described. The pain of uterine rupture w as not masked by the addition of fentanyl 25 mu g to bupivacaine 0.25% 6 ml but was relieved by bupivacaine 0.375% 6 ml.