Serious complications due to anesthesia during childbirth are very rare, occurring in one out of every 3,000 deliveries, according to study published in Anesthesiology. The study used data from the ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of U.S. women who die from anesthesia complications during childbirth has fallen sharply in recent decades. But deaths specifically related to so-called regional ...
Regional anesthesia-typically with a spinal or epidural block-has long been favored for cesarean births due in part to concerns about the effects that general anesthesia may have on newborns during ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) has issued revised guidelines for anesthesia administration to women during labor and delivery -- whether natural or ...