Labor analgesia: We need to better understand and educate our obstetric patients

Nitrous oxide has long been an option for labor analgesia in the United Kingdom. It has only been over the last few years, however, that it has become available on some Labor and Delivery units in the United States with many others now considering whether to offer it as another analgesic choice for laboring women. Limited data are available regarding the efficacy of nitrous oxide labor analgesia. In this issue of the Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, Sutton, et al. provide useful information that may assist anesthesiologists and obstetricians who are adopting its use on their units.

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