Epidural analgesia is an important means of pain control during labor throughout the world.
Over its historic development, it has been implicated in several undesirable outcomes …

Abstract Purpose of Review This article provides an update of recent practice trends in
neuraxial labor analgesia. It reviews available evidence regarding management of labor …

Background Epidural analgesia is often used for pain relief during labour and childbirth, and
involves administration of local anaesthetics (LA) into the epidural space resulting in …

Purpose In labour, neuraxial analgesia is the standard in the provision of pain relief.
However, the optimal mode of delivering epidural solution has not been determined, and …

Since the advent of neuraxial analgesia for labor, approaches to maintaining intrapartum
pain relief have seen significant advancement. Through pharmacologic innovations and …

Background This study aimed to compare the analgesic effects of programmed intermittent
epidural boluses (PIEB) and continuous epidural infusion (CEI) for postoperative analgesia …

Purpose Programmed intermittent epidural bolus (PIEB) was reported to provide superior
maintenance of labour analgesia with better pain relief and less motor block than continuous …

BACKGROUND Neuraxial labour analgesia can be initiated with epidural (EPL), combined
spinal epidural (CSE) or dural puncture epidural (DPE) and maintained with continuous …

Background and Objectives: Labor epidural analgesia can be maintained through
programmed intermitent epidural bolus (PIEB), continuous epidural infusion (CEI), or patient …

Background Use of a programmed intermittent epidural bolus (PIEB) regimen during labour
is associated with several benefits over a continuous epidural infusion (CEI), including …