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Failed Epidural Analgesia During Labour

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The rate of failure for epidural analgesia in labour is approximately 12–14% and should be discussed when consenting the patient. for neuraxial labour analgesia.

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  1. KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

    Alex Sia & Ban Leong Sng

  2. Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Surrey, UK

    Stephen Ramage

  3. Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey, UK

    Sarah Armstrong

  4. Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, USA

    Pervez Sultan

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Women’s Wellness and Research Centre, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

    Roshan Fernando

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

    Pervez Sultan

  3. Department of Anaesthesia, Frimley Park Hospital, Frimley, UK

    Sioned Phillips

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Sia, A., Sng, B.L., Ramage, S., Armstrong, S., Sultan, P. (2022). Failed Epidural Analgesia During Labour. In: Fernando, R., Sultan, P., Phillips, S. (eds) Quick Hits in Obstetric Anesthesia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72487-0_54

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