Analgesia and anesthesia at birth

Abstract

Labor pain is a critical point during child birth, and labor regional analgesia (LRA) is a very common, satisfactory method to control labor pain. Today, this anesthetic procedure is crucial in obstetric care, and anesthesiologists must be in disposal to give information and work with pregnant women in multi-professional environment, both for high- and low-risk pregnancy. There are many innovations in LRA, and studies proved the best performance of this technique in parturient satisfaction and pain alleviation, when compared with other methods of pain control. Regional labor analgesia currently reflects obstetric analgesia guidelines that focus on the quality of the parturition process and its outcomes. Nowadays, cesarean section rates are high because of multiple factors, with local variable frequencies. Anesthetic protocols were developed to enhance security, control pain, and increase satisfaction among women that gave birth under the cesarean section.