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  2. The main discussion of these abbreviations in the context of drug prescriptions and other medical prescriptions is at List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions. Some of these abbreviations are best not used, as marked and explained here.

  3. Epidural administration - Wikipedia

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    Medical intervention Epidural administration A freshly inserted lumbar epidural catheter. The site has been prepared with tincture of iodine, and the dressing has not yet been applied. Depth markings may be seen along the shaft of the catheter. ICD-9-CM 03.90 MeSH D000767 OPS-301 code 8-910 [edit on Wikidata] Epidural administration (from Ancient Greek ἐπί, "upon" + dura mater) is a method ...

  4. List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions, including hospital orders (the patient-directed part of which is referred to as sig codes).This list does not include abbreviations for pharmaceuticals or drug name suffixes such as CD, CR, ER, XT (See Time release technology § List of abbreviations for those).

  5. List of medical abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Abbreviations are used very frequently in medicine. They boost efficiency as long as they are used intelligently. The advantages of brevity should be weighed against the possibilities of obfuscation (making the communication harder for others to understand) and ambiguity (having more than one possible interpretation).

  6. Patient-controlled analgesia - Wikipedia

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    Patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) is a related term describing the patient-controlled administration of analgesic medicine in the epidural space, by way of intermittent boluses or infusion pumps. This can be used by women in labour, terminally ill cancer patients or to manage post-operative pain.

  7. Epidural steroid injection - Wikipedia

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    Epidural steroid injection (ESI) is a technique in which corticosteroids and a local anesthetic are injected into the epidural space around the spinal cord in an effort to improve spinal stenosis, spinal disc herniation, or both. It is of benefit with a rare rate of major side effects.

  8. Route of administration - Wikipedia

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    Epidural (synonym: peridural) (injection or infusion into the epidural space), e.g. epidural anesthesia. Intracerebral (into the cerebrum) administration by direct injection into the brain. Used in experimental research of chemicals [17] and as a treatment for malignancies of the brain. [18]

  9. Bupivacaine - Wikipedia

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    Concentrated bupivacaine is not recommended for epidural freezing. [5] Epidural freezing may also increase the length of labor. [5] It is a local anaesthetic of the amide group. [5] Bupivacaine was discovered in 1957. [7] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. [8] Bupivacaine is available as a generic medication.