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Re: epidural and food From: Garry E. Siegel, M.D. (garrys@mindspring.com) Wed Sep 13 16:27:02 2006 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Garry E. Siegel, M.D.: "OB: GBS and advanced dilatation" Previous message: emilio porro: "stem cells from umbilicals cord" Next in thread: Andrew Folley: "Re: epidural and food" Reply: Andrew Folley: "Re: epidural and food" Agree with "the stomach stops" comment. Physiologically, it probably doesn't matter if they eat or not, as there probably is food in their stomach, heaven forbid an aspiration. It seems counterintuitive to administer a regional anesthetic AND feed someone; other than in Obstetrics, it wouldn't happen! We allow clear liquids (as discussed with the anesthesiologists) as a compromise to the patients who, as a whole, ask for food/liquids in labor. Ideally, if the patients didn't ask, it would be best to keep them NPO for a variety of reasons. Garry At Wed, 13 Sep 2006, Richard D. Kaplan wrote: > >Not in Greensboro, NC. > >-- >Richard D. Kaplan > >>>----- Original Message ----- >From: "Andrew Folley" <agfolley@hotmail.com> >To: "Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L" <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net> >Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 9:24 AM >Subject: Re: epidural and food > >> All of a sudden our anesthesiologists are becoming very strict about not >> providing and epidural to our laboring patients if they have eaten any >> solid foods in the preceding 8 hours. Their argument is fear of a high >> epidural and aspiration etc. Is this a common practice across the >> country??? >> Are most or our OB-gyns and midwives keeping patients on clear liquids >> only in labor?? >> >>>From: "Jane Peterson" <ApricotRex@comcast.net> >>>Reply-To: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net >>>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net> >>>Subject: RE: Second stage >>>Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:18:18 -0500 >>> >>>I seldom see the 2 hour or even 100 minute second stage that is >>>supposedly average. But I'm counting from spontaneous pushing, so maybe >>>that's the difference. >>> >>>Jane >>> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of Efrain >>>Ramirez >>>Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 8:10 PM >>>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L >>>Subject: Second stage >>> >>>My "second stages" in primgravids are becoming "shorter -- FD - is not >>>the begining of the second stage - does anyone agree? >>> >>>Ef >>> >>>-- >>>" The greatest obstacle to knowledge is not ignorance, >>>it is the illusion of knowledge." Daniel J. Boorstin - Historian >>> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Check the weather nationwide with MSN Search: Try it now! >> _________________________________________________________________ >> _________________________________________________________________ >> http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=weather&FORM=WLMTAG >> -- Garry E. Siegel, M.D. Private Practice Roswell, GA Next message: Garry E. Siegel, M.D.: "OB: GBS and advanced dilatation" Previous message: emilio porro: "stem cells from umbilicals cord" Next in thread: Andrew Folley: "Re: epidural and food" Reply: Andrew Folley: "Re: epidural and food"

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