By using a catheter, you can be given continuous medication as needed. Once an epidural is inserted, you’ll most likely feel pain relief within about 15 minutes.[4]#4 ...

The anesthesiologist will give additional medicine through the epidural catheter to numb your body for surgery. About 10% of birthing parents do not get adequate pain relief and must have further ...

What are some potential risks, side effects, and long-term complications of an epidural? Read on to learn more about this pain-relief method, including how a doctor performs an epidural.

B. Braun Medical Inc. (B. Braun), a leader in smart infusion therapy and pain management, announced today the launch of its new Clik-FIX® Epidural/Peripheral Nerve Block (PNB) Catheter Securement ...

Natural birth without medication and birth with an epidural have benefits and drawbacks. Read about these and alternative pain management options.

But when it came time to give an epidural to Sha-Asia Semple, a pregnant 26-year-old woman in labor, at Woodhull Medical Center on July 3, 2020, Dr. Shelchkov botched the routine procedure.

Epidurals deliver nerve-blocking drugs into the back for pain relief during labour and after surgeries. Epidural kits are currently in short supply, with their use prioritised for obstetric patients.

During the study, obstetricians asked to stop epidural infusions in 38 of the 400 patients because their labor was progressing poorly. Seventeen of these women were in the saline group, while only ...

A nationwide epidural shortage in Canada is panicking expecting parents, forcing them to consider other pain management options and adding to the anxiety of childbirth. Kiersten Bellmore-Nidd, 28 ...

Amid a global shortage of epidural catheters, Newfoundland and Labrador's largest health-care authority says it's developing a plan to reduce the impact on patients about to undergo surgery.