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Therapeutic choices for the discomforts of labor.

Health care providers including nurses and childbirth educators are crucial resources for childbearing families for accurate and current information regarding nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic interventions available for pain management in labor. All medications that are administered to laboring wo...

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Published in:Journal of Perinatal & Neonatal Nursing Vol. 17; no. 4; pp. 238 - 252
Main Authors: Florence DJ, Palmer DG
Format: CEU exam questions tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Oct-Dec2003
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          Florence DJ
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        affil: Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, Tallahassee, Florida; babyrn@quixnet.net
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          Analgesia, Obstetrical
          Analgesics Administration and Dosage
          Hypnotics and Sedatives Therapeutic Use
          Labor Pain Drug Therapy
          Labor Pain Therapy
          Acupuncture
          Analgesia, Epidural
          Analgesics Adverse Effects
          Analgesics Classification
          Analgesics Pharmacodynamics
          Analgesics Pharmacokinetics
          Analgesics, Opioid Administration and Dosage
          Anesthetics, Local Administration and Dosage
          Anesthetics, Local Adverse Effects
          Anesthetics, Local Pharmacodynamics
          Anesthetics, Local Pharmacokinetics
          Education, Continuing (Credit)
          Female
          Fetus Drug Effects
          Gate Control Theory of Pain
          Hydrotherapy
          Hypnotics and Sedatives Administration and Dosage
          Hypnotics and Sedatives Adverse Effects
          Hypnotics and Sedatives Classification
          Hypnotics and Sedatives Pharmacodynamics
          Hypnotics and Sedatives Pharmacokinetics
          Placenta Physiology
          Pregnancy
          Fetus, conception to birth
          Female
      ab: Health care providers including nurses and childbirth educators are crucial resources for childbearing families for accurate and current information regarding nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic interventions available for pain management in labor. All medications that are administered to laboring women have maternal and fetal effects. In order to assist women in the decision for relief of labor discomforts, health care professionals must be knowledgeable of the chemical actions and adverse effects of all medications offered to women in labor. This article discusses various types of therapeutic options used for pain management for the relief of labor discomfort.
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