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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
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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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