The effect of bupivacaine with fentanyl temperature on initiation and maintenance of labor epidural analgesia: a randomized controlled study

Labour epidural analgesia is highly effective but can be limited by slow onset and incomplete blockade. The administration of warmed, compared with room temperature, bupivacaine has resulted in more rapid-onset epidural anaesthesia. These authors hypothesised that the administration of bupivacaine with fentanyl at 37°C versus 20°C would result in improved initial and ongoing labour epidural […]

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