I have had a few readers ask questions about the use of ultrasound for the difficult epidural – usually in the labour ward context, but we sometimes run into this in the OT for combined spinal-epidural blocks. Now I love all things ultrasound – but looking at the literature it is tough to get a [...]
Clinical Case 048: We Ask an Epidural Expert
This case is an opportunity for us to learn from an expert. Epidural analgesia in labour can be rewarding and infuriating. So I have enlisted the help of Dr Roger Browning – Consultant Anaesthetist at Fremantle and King Edward Memorial Hospitals {tertiary maternity centre in WA}. I put a few questions to Roger based around [...]
