Labor analgesia for the obese parturient.
Obese parturients present obstetric anesthesia providers with multiple challenges, including increased incidence of maternal coexisting disease, labor complications, and potential for difficult initiation and failure of neuraxial labor analgesia. This focused review discusses these challenges, and suggests potential methods to increase labor analgesia success in this population.
Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53210, USA. libby@mcw.edu
Elizabeth H
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Ellinas
D016362:Analgesia, Obstetrical / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007743:Labor, Obstetric / Q000502:physiology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D012307:Risk Factors