Conclusion The implementation of new smart-pump technology for epidural infusions at UNCH revealed the importance of pump features and design in determining the devices' impact on patient safety.

Continuous epidural infusion of bupivacaine with either morphine or fentanyl—or both—is equally safe and effective for pain relief in children undergoing lower abdominal surgeries, according ...

A total of 492 distinct drug library entries recorded by the epidural pumps during the immediate postimplementation period (for most units, March–May 2010) were retrieved. Approximately 41% (200 ...

Starting a patient-controlled epidural anesthesia (PCEA) infusion while the patient is still in the operating room (OR) - rather than in the recovery room after the procedure - may help provide ...

In the mid-1980s to early 1990s, doctors began delivering epidurals using a continuous infusion, meaning that the catheter would continuously deliver the drugs until the woman delivered the baby ...

Starting a patient-controlled epidural anesthesia (PCEA) infusion while the patient is still in the operating room (OR) — rather than in the recovery room after the procedure — may help ...

Women often receive a continuous epidural infusion of analgesic during labor. This can lead to prolonged labor and an increase in assisted vaginal delivery. Several pain management studies have ...

When epidural analgesia was first commonly used for pain relief in laboring women in the 1970s, it was an infusion into the spinal cord of a relatively large dose of an anesthetic drug such as ...

It is generally used intravenously, although arterial, subcutaneous, and epidural infusions are occasionally used. These are in widespread use in clinical settings such as hospitals, nursing homes ...

More than half of women opt for epidural analgesia during labor, and now, a new study has found that expectant moms who are allowed to control the dosage use less medication than those who receive ...