Southern medical journal
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The purpose of this study was to examine the obstetric anesthesia method used, based on the patient's age. Confounding variables analyzed were the effect on labor pain management choices of parity, race, prenatal care participation, insurance status, and length of labor. ⋯ RA is the most utilized form of obstetric pain management in the last decade. In primiparous adolescents, declining RA cannot be explained by length of labor, race, insurance status, or prenatal care participation.
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Aeromedical obstetrical transports are mostly performed utilizing helicopters. The program here reviewed performs mostly fixed-wing transports. The purpose of the current study is to review our fixed-wing transfers and identify the complications encountered. ⋯ The complications encountered during long-distance fixed-wing aeromedical transport of obstetrical patients include nausea and vomiting, increased contractions, hypertension, hypotension, decreased maternal respiratory drive, and an infiltrated intravenous line.