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Surgical treatment of the fetus in utero offers new options for selected families with fetal anomalies. Nurses caring for these families must be prepared to meet their unique needs. The diagnosis, treatment, support, and follow-up care of the family is discussed.
Electroacupuncture (ACP) during childbirth was used in 12 parturients. On the average, it produced 66 percent analgesia in 7 patients for 139 minutes while patients were in active, progressive labor. When ACP no longer could relieve pain, spinal, epidural, or double-catheter technic produced complete analgesia in all patients. ACP did not adversely affect the fetus or uterine contractions and had no harmful aftereffect on mother or neonate. However, its use as a routine method had disadvantages because analgesia was inconsistent, unpredictable, and incomplete. The technic was time-consuming, limited the patient's movement, added more wires and machinery, and interfered with electronic monitoring of the mother and fetus.
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