luguo: All I want to tell are within the lines and behind words. If you cannot get them, you can either read more times or just forget it.
You know, I not only read within the lines, behing words, but also between the lines, I am still lost. Actually, not completely, I at least got this part solid, that you are a doctor who reads WSJ during the work.
Mir: You know, I not only read within the lines, behing words, but also between the lines, I am still lost. Actually, not completely, I at least got thi
WSJ is provided by the hospital in the doctor lounge. It's very popular in a private hopital in USA.
mgoo: Is it true that epidural increases c-section rate?
It used to be a big concern for usge of labor epidural. After many prospective randomized studies with large sample sizes, it is thought that epidural does not incease C/S rate.
luguo: I don't have statistical data comparing these two countries in hands. Here in the United States, it depends on indications.
If you have practiced long enough, you will know these so called indications, or evedence based medicine, is only better than nothing. I would not even call it science yet. Maybe you know better about the indications for Caesarean, but look at the malpractice lawsuit against OB, I guess there is a lot we can debate, all the way to the court.
Mir: If you have practiced long enough, you will know these so called indications, or evedence based medicine, is only better than nothing. I would not
contraversial and debate are almost everywhere. Can you do nothing because of these and because of scaring lawsuits?
luguo: It used to be a big concern for usge of labor epidural. After many prospective randomized studies with large sample sizes, it is thought that epidu
I don't believe this, epidural may relief pain and relax the uterus, but epidural drugs by nature decrease uterine contraction more or less, and you see the epidural drugs be turned off when patients become pushing, it prolongs labor and delivery time after all, especially when epidural placed too early, this is part of the reasons that some of patients have to get a c-section. Some OB doctors want to delivery the baby faster, hook up the pitocin right away when patients just lie down in OB suite, and call anesthesiologist to place the epidural to cover the pain, even the cervical hasn't dilated.
OB malpractice is very high, especially in New York area, compare to Midwest; it means the people here, lawyers here and the insurances companies are more greedy, no policy to limit the compensation, that is the reason why many doctors here quit the OB service, just keep the GYN section.
Born in the USA: How a Broken Maternity System Must be Fixed to Put Mothers and Infants First By Marsden Wagner Edition: illustrated Published by University of California Press, 2006 ISBN 0520245962, 9780520245969 295 pages
Not really true, even Medicaid patients, they still get epidural, we don't get extra pay, and most of times don』t get pay at all.
美國新生兒死亡率高於世界上許多國家
It is true, but it is not just caused by epidural, there are lots of poor, uneducated, young, old, obesity, drug addicted, alcoholic, immigrant, no preterm care pregnant women in US.
If epidural used properly, should be good for pregnant women.
In China, some places offer epidural for pregnant women, but I don』t understand why epidural costs relatively more than here, since they have cheaper medical drugs and supplies, and labor.
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I am sure she didn't have insurance, or out of pocket money, the hospital or taxpayer paid for it, anesthesiologist spent the whole night taking care her pain and epidural. She got free medicine and service.
Epidural does provide certain benefits to painful pregnant women. The brain damage could be due to other issues. So please don』t make any conclusion before you do further investigation.