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What I wish I knew about spinals and epidurals as an O&G Resident

On The Wards: On The Pods Medical Podcast for Doctors

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How to Test the Effectiveness of a Caesarean Section

The pain fibers are about the same size as our temperature fibers so to check the adequacy of it both the spinal or an epidural what we do is we actually often will do a sensation test to cold. We can also check using like a sharp prick through through a you know a blunt plastic needle but we find that that temperature testing is pretty much just as effective because it's all the information that we need and is much nicer for patients yeah.

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