Episode 53: Analgesia for C-section with Mike Hofkamp
Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews and Commentary (ACCRAC) Podcast
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Use Epidurals for C-Sections
The challenge of activating an epidural for zeroing section is I like to think of a glass of cola so I've got this glass and for my labor analgesic I've filled it up half full with diet coke. It's difficult to get a block that's dense enough to get the patient comfortable when you've already used the epidural space to transmit dilute local aesthetic intended for labor analgesia. So those are the theoretical concerns you're up against and doing that and so on.
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