Epidural catheters can be removed safely despite international normalized ratios higher than 1.4 during the initiation of warfarin therapy, according to a study reported in Anesthesiology News. The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Spinal hematoma is a rare and potentially catastrophic complication of spinal or epidural anesthesia. Risk ...

Epidural analgesia is a highly effective mechanism for controlling acute pain following surgery or trauma to the chest, abdomen, pelvis or lower limbs (Royal College of Anaesthetists, 2004). Subscribe ...

Placement of a catheter in the lumbar epidural space allows for the administration of analgesic and local anesthetic agents to a series of dorsal- and ventral-nerve roots that exit the spinal cord and ...

An epidural is an anesthetic delivered through a catheter (small tube) into a potential space outside the spinal cord called the epidural space. Using this catheter, we are able to infuse a solution ...

Bacteria reach the epidural space through either hematogenous dissemination (commonly due to bloodstream infection associated with a central venous catheter, intravenous drug use, or catheter-related ...