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Gastric emptying in labour: some recent findings and their clinical significance
A résumé of the investigation of gastric emptying time in labour is presented with the results obtained recently in a series when the effects of narcotic analgesics, epidural analgesia, no analgesia and antagonistic drugs were studied. It is deduced that narcotic analgesics play a very large part in gastric delay in labour and epidural analgesia a comparatively small part. Some suggestions for future investigation and current management of the patient with delayed gastric emptying in labour are presented.
A résumé of the investigation of gastric emptying time in labour is presented with the results obtained recently in a series when the effects of narcotic analgesics, epidural analgesia, no analgesia and antagonistic drugs were studied. It is deduced that narcotic analgesics play a very large part in gastric delay in labour and epidural analgesia a comparatively small part. Some suggestions for future investigation and current management of the patient with delayed gastric emptying in labour are presented.