Experience in the Use of Epidural Anaesthesia
Niger. j. med. (Online)
; 19(1): 31-35, 2010.
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in English
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Epidural anaesthesia is applicable for a wide range of surgical procedures and offers distinct advantages over general and spinal anaesthesia. It is however underutilised in our environment. We report a one year experience in the use of this technique. Our objective is to describe a one year experience in the use of epidural anaesthesia with emphasis on the scope and safety in our institution.Method:
A retrospective study of all patients that had epidural anaesthesia over a one year period for different procedures. Case notes and anaesthetic records were studied and analysed using EPI info 3.2.1. software.Results:
Thirty two patients had epidural anaesthesia over the period. Majority (18cases) were caesarean sections (56.3). There were 9 general surgical cases (28.1); four gynaecologic (12.0) and one orthopaedic (3.1) cases. Of the five complications observed (15.6); only two could be traced to the technique of anaesthesia and the lone mortality (3.1) was unconnected.Conclusion:
We conclude that epidural anaesthesia is applicable to a wide range of procedures within and across disciplines in our practice and is both easy to performand safe
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Main subject:
Safety
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Retrospective Studies
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Anesthesia
Type of study:
Observational study
Language:
English
Journal:
Niger. j. med. (Online)
Year:
2010
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Article
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