A pregnant woman is asking about a combined spinal-epidural analgesia for labor pain. What information about this method of analgesia should the nurse provide?
A.
Cannot be used if a cesarean birth is required
B.
Causes a total loss of muscle control
C.
Associated with a delayed onset of good pain control
D.
Associated with an increased risk of infection and headache
ANS: D
This method requires puncture of the dura and placement of a catheter in the epidural space, so it is associated with a higher incidence of infection and postprocedure headache than other methods. The other options are not associated with the combined analgesia.
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