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I am a 4th year medical student and will be reviewing and editing this article as part of a course in medical school.

• I chose this article as I feel there are limited resources cited as well as many important additional details regarding various modalities of pain management in childbirth could be further explored and more detailed explanations offered.

I will be making specific changes to the sections of non-pharmacological methods of pain management, opioids, pudendal block, and inhaled analgesia.

• This article could also benefit from additional images which I will attempt to secure and integrate into the work. I would like to add images to better enhance explanations particularly pertaining to non-pharmacological methods of pain management.

• Although I do feel this is a neutrally written article, I feel that certain modalities are better represented and explained and I will work to spread the focus better throughout the various methods of pain management.

I look forward to working on this project and welcome any feedback!

Amccarthy13 (talk) 21:16, 10 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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The "Pain management during childbirth" can be a challenging to edits since the literature is nebulous. The editor did a great job providing a survey of non-pharmacological and pharmacologic interventions along with relevant citations.

Suggested edits: Section: Medical and pharmaceutical methods of pain control "There are many methods of relieving pain used for labor. Rare and unpredictable, serious complications sometimes occur. Also, most medicines used to manage pain during labor pass freely into the placenta to the baby." - Statment requires a citation. Perhaps examples of common complications and incidence could be mentioned.

Section: Opiods "These are also called narcotics and are medicines given through an IV or by injection into a muscle. Sometimes, opioids also are given with an epidural or a spinal block. Opioids can make the pain bearable, and don't affect the ability to push. Opioids don't get rid of all the pain. They

are short-acting. cause drowsiness. cause nausea and vomiting. can cause itchiness. cannot be given right before delivery because they may slow the baby's breathing and heart rate at birth.[1]" - This section seems to be copy and pasted from table in citation 1 by a previous editor.

It may be useful for the reader to know when certain interventions are indicated or contraindicated.

Otherwise, resources provided include systematic reviews and meta-analyses. The editor focused edits on non-pharmacologic interventions and inhaled anesthetics sections. Edits were thorough and non-biased. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dw616612 (talk • contribs) 21:04, 31 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Epidural and spinal blocks section sources

The text from this section is copied in large parts from the source [1]: https://www.womenshealth.gov/pregnancy/childbirth-and-beyond/labor-and-birth

Unfortunately, most of those copied statements don't have the original source, especially the last sentence, which has been copied and modified from source [1]. The original text is: "Epidural can prolong the first and second stages of labor. If given late in labor or if too much medicine is used, it might be hard to push when the time comes. Studies show that epidural increases risk of assisted vaginal delivery"

The "studies" for this claim are not linked anywhere.

Hayashir (talk) 04:52, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]