Women’s level of education may predict their choice to use epidural or spinal anesthesia during a singleton birth via vaginal delivery, according to a study published in National Vital Statistics ...

Physician anesthesiologists prefer that laboring women have an empty stomach because of the lower risk for aspiration (inhaling) of food in case general anesthesia for cesarean section becomes ...

Fontan physiology poses unique anaesthetic challenges due to passive pulmonary circulation, preload dependence and elevated venous pressures. We present a case of a parturient in her 20s with Fontan ...

Epidural anesthesia may do more than relieve pain during labor; in some women it may decrease the likelihood of postpartum depression, suggests a preliminary study presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY® ...

Epidural steroid injections might be the temporary fix for the radiating pain in your buttocks, leg, arm or neck.

Growing up, we were already aware of labour pains . The grimace our mothers, sisters, friends among others give when they ...

China has mandated that all tertiary hospitals, those with over 500 beds, must offer epidural anaesthesia during childbirth by the end of this year. This initiative aims to foster a more "friendly ...