title: Clinical care of patients with epidural infusions.
abstract: Opioids and local anaesthetics are the two main agents used in epidural analgesia. The procedure has many potential side-effects, including hypotension, pruritus, urinary retention, headache and respiratory depression.
authors.affiliation: Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, Harefield.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cox
mesh_terms: D015360:Analgesia, Epidural / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000451:nursing*; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D013527:Perioperative Nursing; D020250:Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting / Q000209:etiology; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000209:etiology