Continuous compared with intermittent epidural infusion on progress of labor and patient satisfaction.

Objective: To compare continuous with intermittent epidural infusion on the duration of labor and patients' satisfaction in nulliparous women.

Methods: Nulliparous women who requested epidural analgesia during labor were randomly allocated to receive either a continuous infusion of 0.125% bupivacaine with 2 microg/mL fentanyl at a rate of 8 mL/h (group A) or intermittent bolus of 10 mL of 0.

Cardiorespiratory parameters during conventional or gasless gynecological laparoscopy under general or regional anesthesia.

Background: Conventional laparoscopy is aided by CO2 insufflation, which may impair the cardiorespiratory system and have life-threatening implications. This procedure is conducted under general anesthesia (GA). Gasless laparoscopy supposedly eliminates most of those disadvantages, but is technically more difficult to perform.

Epidural scopolamine administration in preventing nausea after epidural morphine.

Study Objective: To determine the effectiveness of epidural scopolamine in preventing nausea and vomiting in patients receiving epidural morphine.

Design: Randomized, double-blind study.

Setting: Inpatient surgery clinic at a regional general hospital.