Extreme inequity in analgesia and peri-operative management of pregnant patients

A T Dennis^{1

2}, N Sheridan^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Division of Obstetric Anesthesia, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
² Department of Anaesthesia, Pain and Perioperative Medicine, Joan Kirner Women's and Children's, Sunshine Hospital, Western Health, St Albans, Victoria, Australia.
³ Department of Anaesthesia, Pain and Perioperative Medicine, Western Health, Footscray, Victoria, Australia.

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A T Dennis et al. Anaesthesia. 2024 May.

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. 2024 May;79(5):455-460.

doi: 10.1111/anae.16237. Epub 2024 Feb 15.

A T Dennis^{1

2}, N Sheridan^{2

3}

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Division of Obstetric Anesthesia, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
² Department of Anaesthesia, Pain and Perioperative Medicine, Joan Kirner Women's and Children's, Sunshine Hospital, Western Health, St Albans, Victoria, Australia.
³ Department of Anaesthesia, Pain and Perioperative Medicine, Western Health, Footscray, Victoria, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: caesarean section; epidural; peri‐operative medicine; pregnancy.

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