title: Anesthesia in obstetrics.
abstract: Some of the topics which have generated particular interest in obstetric anesthesia recently include the effects of epidural anesthesia on the progress of labor, the efficacy of volume preloading prior to spinal anesthesia for cesarean section, and the use of intraspinal opioids and of alpha-2 adrenergic agonists for labor analgesia.
authors: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors: R L
authors: RL
authors: Zuckerman
authors: A P
authors: AP
authors: Harris
mesh_terms: D015360:Analgesia, Epidural; D016362:Analgesia, Obstetrical; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical; D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal; D002585:Cesarean Section; D003000:Clonidine; D005260:Female; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D003000:Clonidine