Minute Ventilation and Oxygen Consumption during Labor with Epidural Analgesia

• Published in: Anesthesiology (Philadelphia) Vol. 59; no. 5; pp. 425 - 427
• Main Authors: Hägerdal, Magnus, Morgan, Charles W., Sumner, Anne E., Gutsche, Brett B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hagerstown, MD Lippincott 01.11.1983
• Subjects: Abdominal surgery. Urology. Gynecology. Obstetrics; Adult; Anesthesia; Anesthesia depending on type of surgery; Anesthesia, Epidural; Anesthesia, Obstetrical; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Female; Humans; Labor, Obstetric; Medical sciences; Oxygen Consumption; Pregnancy; Respiration; Uterine Contraction; Human; Lung volume; Analgesia; Regional anesthesia; Extradural administration; Local anesthesia; Oxygen consumption; Obstetric

Oxygen consumption (VO2) and minute ventilation (VE) were measured between and during uterine contractions in the first stage of labor before and after lumbar epidural analgesia (LEA) in 11 women who served as their own controls. VO2 and VE between contractions were essentially unchanged by LEA to a...