Smiths Medical, a leading global medical device manufacturer, today announced that its Portex® CorrectInject™ Safety System for administering neuraxial (spinal and epidural) medication received 510(k) ...

Epidural anesthesia is used as an anesthetic for procedures involving the lower limbs, pelvis, perineum and lower abdomen. It is also possible to perform upper abdominal and thoracic procedures under ...

• and predicts needle direction and distance from the skin to reach target structures. As reported in the study, a patient requesting epidural analgesia for labor presented with a calculated BMI of 64 ...

The risk for rare but potentially catastrophic neurological injuries from epidural steroid injections (ESIs) can be substantially reduced if anesthesiologists and other clinicians follow specific ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette that includes a therapeutic recommendation. A discussion of the clinical problem and the mechanism of benefit of this form of therapy follows. Major ...

With advancements in medical treatments around the world, childbirth no longer has to mean enduring overwhelming pain, thanks to epidural analgesia. An epidural is a form of pain relief that ...

Talking about labour in today's day and age doesn't seem to send jitters down the spine anymore. Thanks to the advances in medical sciences, epidural anaesthesia has come as a boon for expecting ...

Lumbar epidural steroid injections (LESIs) are associated with a heightened risk for infection after lumbar spine decompression surgery, a new meta-analysis shows. In a review that included more than ...

To ensure the safety of guests, Al-Ahli Hospital has introduced a new and advanced technology to facilitate the epidural anesthesia needle placement for pregnant women. Arguably, Al-Ahli Hospital is ...

Anesthesia and analgesia should be provided to ferrets that are undergoing potentially painful surgical procedures. The epidural route of administration for anesthetic or analgesic drugs can be used.

Sufentanil citrate 50mcg/mL; soln for IV or epidural inj. Sufentanil is an opioid agonist and is relatively selective for the mu-opioid receptor, although it can bind to other opioid receptors at ...