Research

Labour epidural analgesia audit in a teaching hospital in a developing country

Published in: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia
Volume 20 , issue 4 , 2014 , pages: 174–178

DOI: 10.1080/22201181.2015.959344

Author(s): G.G. Jacobs-Martin Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, South Africa , J.L. Burke Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, South Africa , A.I. Levin Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, South Africa , A.R. Coetzee Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, South Africa

Keywords: analgesia , complications , epidural , indications , labour , lipid rescue , local anaesthesia toxicity

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Abstract

Background: Neuraxial analgesia is currently considered to be the most effective method of intrapartum analgesia, causing little maternal and foetal sedation. While epidural analgesia has been well studied in developed countries, it is uncertain whether or not the results, particularly regarding complication rates, can be extrapolated to the South African public hospital context.

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