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Epidural Kills

Epidural Kills

An inquest jury finds that a mother who died after mistakenly receiving an epidural anaesthetic in her arm was unlawfully killed.
Ref. BBC

Kills Epidural

News has a way to be very timely with these threads (yes, I am seven months pregnant!). Anyhow, after reading this article the title is misleading. The Epidural did not kill this woman but the wrong administration of the drug. They gave it to her on her arm instead of her spine. It surprises me though that the victim did not realize it since she was a nurse herself. I think she just thought they were administering saline through IV little she knew they were administering the drug itself!

Epidural Kills Health & Special Psychology

Epidural risk lower than thought

The risks of epidurals and spinal anaesthetics may be being overstated, a study suggests.
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