Failure to Extend Epidural Labor Analgesia for Cesarean Delivery Anesthesia: A Focused Review

Suzanne K W Mankowitz; Antonio Gonzalez Fiol; Richard Smiley

doi:10.1213/ANE.0000000000001437

Failure to Extend Epidural Labor Analgesia for Cesarean Delivery Anesthesia: A Focused Review

Anesth Analg. 2016 Nov;123(5):1174-1180. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000001437.

Authors

Suzanne K W Mankowitz¹, Antonio Gonzalez Fiol, Richard Smiley

Affiliation

¹ From the *Department of Anesthesiology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York; and †Department of Anesthesiology, Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey.

PMID: 27529316
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000001437

Abstract

Extension of epidural labor analgesia for cesarean delivery anesthesia may fail. There are a number of factors associated with labor epidural catheter failure. This focused review discusses these associations and anesthetic options when faced with inadequate surgical epidural anesthesia for cesarean delivery.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Analgesia, Epidural / methods*
Analgesia, Obstetrical / methods
Anesthesia, Epidural / methods
Cesarean Section / adverse effects
Cesarean Section / methods*
Female
Humans
Labor, Obstetric*
Pregnancy
Time Factors