MedPageToday -- SAN FRANCISCO -- Women who controlled their own epidural analgesia during labor used less anesthetic than those who had continuous infusions, according to the first double-blind trial to evaluate this. When a group of investigators led by Michael Haydon, MD, of Long Beach Medical Center in Long Beach, Calif., randomized women undergoing spontaneous delivery to continuous epidural infusions, the total bupivacaine requirement was 74.9 mg.
