History of treatment of labor pains
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.12775/JEHS.2022.12.08.006Keywords
degradation of the breed, history of medicine, labor analgesiaAbstract
Pain is both a mental and a physical condition. It is considered by many experts to be a serious health problem or even a disease one. WHO describes it as a multidimensional phenomenon consisting of sensory, physiological, affective, spiritual and behavioral factors. Childbirth has always been associated with severe pain. The pain of childbirth has been known for centuries and is presented in every possible way as a very unpleasant sensation, not only physical but also mental. Over the years, efforts have been made to develop the best possible methods of relieving labor pain. These include non-pharmacological, such as: acupuncture, TENS or hypnosis, and pharmacological: administration of opioids and inhalation anesthetics, ending with regional analgesia techniques such as: epidural, subarachnoid anesthesia, etc. The article presents the history of the treatment of labor pain.
References
Loeser JD, Treede RD. The kyoto protocol of IASP basic pain terminology. Pain [Internet]. 2008 Jul;137(3):473-7. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pain.2008.04.025
WHO Guidelines on the Pharmacological Treatment of Persisting Pain in Children with Medical Illnesses. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2012. PMID: 23720867.
Eisenach JC. Textbook of pain, 4th edition. Anesthesiology . 2001 May 1;94(5):942. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1097/00000542-200105000-00052
Pollard BJ, Hutton P, Aitkenhead AR, Simpson PJ, Willatts SM. Current anaesthesia and critical care. Current Anaesthesia & Critical Care. 1989 Sep 1(1):1. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/0953-7112(89)90002-1
Brzeziński T. Historia medycyny. PZWL Warszawa 1988
Biegeleisen H. Matka i dziecko w obrzędach, wierzeniach i zwyczajach ludu polskiego, Lwów 1917.
Gordon LH. Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870). Honolulu, HI: University Press of the Pacific; 2002:88-133
Keys T. The History of Surgical Anesthesia. New York, NY: Dover; 1945
Caton D. The history of obstetric anesthesia. In:Chestnut DH,Wong CA, Tsen LC, Ngan Kee WD, Beilin Y, Mhyre JM, eds. Chestnut’s Obstetric Anesthesia: Principles and Practice. 5th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2014:3-14
Caton D. In the present state of our knowledge. Early use of opioids in obstetrics. Anesthesiology 1995;82(3):779-784
Hingson RA. Continuous caudal analgesia in obstetrics. Journal of the American Medical Association. 1943 Jan 23;121(4):225. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1943.02840040001001
Finster M, Wood M. The Apgar score has survived the test of time. Anesthesiology. 2005 Apr;102(4):855-7. doi: 10.1097/00000542-200504000-00022. PMID: 15791116.
McGoldrick KE. The history of professionalism in anesthesiology. AMA J Ethics. 2015 Mar 1;17(3):258-64. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.3.mhst1-1503. PMID: 25813594.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2022 Jacek Janowski, Anna Zwierzyńska, Olga Adamczyk-Gruszka
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
The periodical offers access to content in the Open Access system under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0
Stats
Number of views and downloads: 3330
Number of citations: 0
