Outcomes of intrathecal analgesia in multiparous women undergoing normal vaginal delivery: A randomised controlled trial

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
Gaballah M Khaled, Abdallah I Sabry

Abstract

Although intrathecal analgesia is an effective option during labour, there is a need to establish sustainable and assured analgesia during the entire labour process. We aimed to assess the effect of adding dexmedetomidine, fentanyl or morphine to low-dose bupivacaine-dexamethasone for intrathecal labour analgesia in multiparous women. This was a triple-blind, randomised controlled trial that included 140 multiparous women. Eligible women were randomly allocated to have intrathecal bupivacaine-dexamethasone with dexmedetomidine (group D), fentanyl (group F), morphine (group M) or saline (placebo) (group C). The duration of analgesia, intrathecal block characteristics and maternal and foetal outcomes were assessed and analysed. The longest analgesia duration and S1 regression time was recorded in group D followed by groups M, F and C, respectively, with statistical significance between all of them (P < 0.001). The shortest analgesia onset time and the highest sensory levels were recorded in group D followed by group F then group M with statistical significance between all of them (P < 0.001 and 0.003, respectively). Visual analogue scale values were comparable among groups M, F and D (P > 0.05) at most of the measurement time poi...Continue Reading

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Aug 15, 2020·Indian Journal of Anaesthesia·Sathianarayanan SrinivasanHemanga K Bhattacharjee
May 20, 2021·Stem Cells Translational Medicine·Liem Nguyen ThanhMichael Heke

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