Epidural Space Identification With Loss of Resistance Technique for Epidural Analgesia During Labor: A Randomized Controlled Study Using Air or Saline-New Arguments for an Old Controversy.

Abstract

The best technique to identify the epidural space for labor analgesia is still unclear despite the publication of various randomized controlled studies and meta-analyses. Our aim was to assess the superiority of the saline loss of resistance (SLOR) technique over the air loss of resistance (ALOR) technique with respect to the quality of the block.

Journal

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Anesth Analg

Title: Anesthesia and analgesia

Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

ISSN (Electronic): 1526-7598

ISSN (Print): 0003-2999

Publication date (Electronic): February 2018

Volume: 126

Issue: 2

Affiliations

[1 ] From the Servicio de Anestesia, Reanimación y Tratamiento del Dolor, Hospital Universitario La Paz. P° de la Castellana, Madrid, Spain.

[2 ] Departamento de Bioestadistica, Hospital Universitario La Paz. P° de la Castellana, Madrid, Spain.

[3 ] Servicio de Anestesiología y Reanimación, Hospital Central de la Defensa Gómez Ulla, Madrid, Spain.

Article

DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000002593

PubMed ID: 29189266