title: Continuous spinal anesthesia and analgesia in obstetrics.
abstract: The development of the technique of continuous spinal anesthesia as it relates to the obstetric population is recounted. The advantages and disadvantages of continuous spinal anesthesia are examined, currently available catheters and kits are reviewed, and strategies for the management of continuous spinal techniques for labor analgesia and surgical anesthesia are discussed. Continuous spinal anesthesia may have particular value over other regional techniques in several specific clinical circumstances.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tuscon, Arizona, USA. cpalmer@u.arizona.edu
authors.forename: Craig M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Palmer
mesh_terms: D016362:Analgesia, Obstetrical / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation; D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation; D002404:Catheterization; D057785:Catheters; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D011247:Pregnancy; D018570:Risk Assessment