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Consider This Labor, Delivery, and Sterilization Encounter

Published on Mon Dec 04, 2023

Question: A 27-year-old patient who is 40 weeks pregnant presented to the emergency room and, on evaluation, was noted to be contracting every six minutes with discomfort during the contractions. She was transferred to a delivery room, and anesthesia was called to place a labor epidural catheter for a full-term, uncomplicated delivery. The epidural was placed by the anesthesiologist at 12:21 [...]
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