Castro-Garcés L

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ABSTRACT

The pain that women experience during labor is considered one of the most severe and intense pains. The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) declared the year 2007 as «The Global Year Against Pain in Women», emphasizing the importance of treating pain in pregnant women in relation to its impact on public health if this pain is poorly treated: there is an alarming increase in the incidence of moderate to severe acute pain postpartum and post-cessation that has been associated with in post-traumatic stress syndrome, postpartum depression and pain persistent with data cronification. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologist (ACOG), the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), the Obstetric Anesthesia and Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) and the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) have generated a model for pain management that provides universal standard care (full version visit http://www.painoutmexico.com).