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A small lead is placed in the epidural space around the spinal cord and masks pain by producing a tingling or tapping sensation in the place where pain is felt.
Failed Back Surgery Syndrome ? Treating It before and after by Big Oak, Inc. / Health, general community
Because intrathecal leakage from the epidural space may occur through a breached dural membrane, especially when the epidural drug is administered in a bolus, DepoDur should not be administered to a patient following a recent dural puncture without vigilant monitoring of respiratory function for a prolonged period (48 hours) with provision for emergency mechanical ventilation to minimize the risk of serious respiratory depression .
DepoDur (morphine sulfate extended-release liposome injection) by Adverse Event Reporting News
Drugs such as bupivacaine are administered into the epidural space in the spine rather than into a vein but, in any case, Cabrera would not have normally been given an epidural after giving birth.
Unlawfully killed: the mother given fatal epidural dose minutes after ... by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
 
 
 
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