Epidural Space Identification With Loss of Resistance Technique for Epidural Analgesia During Labor: A Randomized Controlled Study Using Air or Saline. Issue 3 (September 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Brogly, N.; Guasch, E.; Alsina, E.; García, C.; Puertas, L.; Dominguez, A.; Diez, Je; Gómez, J.; Gilsanz, F.
• Is Part Of: Obstetric anesthesia digest. Volume 38:Issue 3(2018)
• Publication Date: 2018-09
• Subjects: Regional Anesthesia for Cesarean Section -- Analgesia for Labor; Anesthesia in obstetrics -- Periodicals; Anesthesia in obstetrics -- Abstracts -- Periodicals; 617.968205
• DOI: 10.1097/01.aoa.0000542384.03094.67
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0275-665X

Abstract

Abstract : ( Anesth Analg . 2018;126:532–536) The saline loss of resistance (SLOR) technique was established as the preferred method for epidural space identification in the 1980s, after air LOR (ALOR) was found to have a higher incidence of adverse effects. However, in review of the literature, the authors of the present study discovered that many of the studies had methodological issues. Furthermore, recent meta-analyses based on these studies have been unable to demonstrate superiority of SLOR over ALOR. Consequently, the authors assessed the effect of epidural space identification technique on the onset of anesthetic block, as well as screened for possible variables related to analgesia quality during labor and delivery, which might be affected by use of the ALOR or SLOR technique.