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Articles of interest relevant to labor epidural analgesia, both specifically focusing on obstetric epidurals and more peripherally relevant to obstetric labor analgesia.
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Yes! Despite anaesthesiologist and anaesthetist reluctance to infiltrate with lignocaine/lidocaine before peripheral cannulation, we have several decades of evidence showing that:
- The pain of subcutaneous 1% lignocaine injection is significantly less than cannulation pain across all cannula sizes.
- Patients prefer pre-cannulation LA infiltration.
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