Trial labour conducted under continuous epidural analgesia.
Two hundred Black women who required trial labour for suspected disproportion were adminstered continuous lumbar epidural analgesia by an obstetrician. The effects, side-effects, and results are described and discussed. Epidural block provides safe, effective analgesia for trial labour, and does not adversely affect the delivery or fetal condition.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical; D002045:Bupivacaine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D014599:Uterus / Q000503:physiopathology
D002045:Bupivacaine