For labor pain management epidural analgesia is a popular and an effective method. Difficult removal of epidural catheters occasionally occurs, and several maneuvers have been recommended. The purpose of this article is to raise awareness of the problem of retained epidural catheter fragments and identify the potential impact of complications.

The labour pain experienced by 101 women giving birth in a Scottish hospital was assessed by the McGill Pain Questionnaire and Visual Analogue Scales during active first stage labour and post-natally Labour pain was found to be on average severe, but not intensely negatively affective Its intensity varied considerably and was related to parity and the duration of the first stage of labour refle...

Civil Surgeon, Sagaing. A Burmese woman about 37 years of age, a multipara with five previous births, was admitted on 15th March, 1925, with severe and continuous labour pains and a history that she had been in pain for the last five days and had lost some blood at home; she had been attended by a Burmese midwife. On admission her general condition was good. On making an examination per vaginam...

OBJECTIVE To assess attitudes and opinions surrounding point-of-care HIV testing among Canadian women, and to determine predictors for acceptance of testing. METHODS A survey assessing acceptability and attitudes toward rapid HIV testing was distributed on the labour and delivery unit in an academic hospital (St Michael's Hospital) in Toronto, Ontario, in 2011. Information collected included ...

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) has been used to diminish postoperative pain and many forms of chronic pain with reportedly good results. There have been few reports of the use of TENS during childbirth in the physical therapy literature. Several European studies have reported good effects of TENS in the reduction of pain associated with labor and delivery. Because TENS is a ...

Most women experience moderate to severe pain during labor and delivery, often requiring some form of pharmacologic analgesia.1 The lack of proper psychological preparation combined with fear and anxiety can greatly enhance the patient’s sensitivity to pain and further add to the discomfort during labor and delivery. However, skillfully conducted obstetric analgesia, in addition to relieving pa...

background & aim: episiotomy is a common medical procedure for widening the perineum. in fact, perineal pain is the most common complaint after episiotomy. therefore, it is important to determine factors associated with postoperative pain following episiotomy in order to provide comfort for women after delivery. this study aimed to investigate factors associated with postoperative pain followin...

Considering that vaginal delivery is a painful process, the present study investigated the effects of Citrus aurantium on the severity of first-stage labor pain in primiparous women. This study was a randomized clinical trial conducted with 126 eligible primiparous patients. The pain severity of patients was measured at the time of enrolling in the study. In the intervention group, (aromatherap...

Objectives: To compare the effects of different labor analgesia in controlling childbirth pain and seek more effective and reliable pain management strategy during natural childbirth in order to reduce maternal pain and promote natural childbirth. Methods: 400 cases of successful delivery with labor analgesia in our hospital during 2010 and 2014 were enrolled in this study, including 200 cases ...