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An Experimental Paradigm for the Prediction of Post-Operative Pain (PPOP)
Published on: January 27, 2010
Self-administered versus nurse-administered epidural analgesia after cesarean section
S C Gordon1, S K Gaines, R P Hauber
1Northlake Regional Medical Center, Tucker, Georgia.
Objective:
To compare two methods of administering analgesia by the epidural route after cesarean sections.
Design:
Quasi-experimental.
Setting:
The postpartum area of a large community hospital.
Participants:
Fifty women undergoing planned cesarean sections with epidural anesthesia.
Interventions:
The control group received continuous epidural analgesia with nurse-administered boluses and the experimental group with self-administered boluses.
Main Outcome Measures:
Pain control, side effects from medication, amount of medication required, postoperative activity levels, and patient satisfaction.
Results:
Subjects receiving continuous epidural analgesia with self-administered boluses of analgesic used significantly less fentanyl and fewer supplemental intravenous pain medications than subjects receiving continuous epidural analgesia with nurse-administered boluses of analgesic.
Conclusions:
Subjects in self-administered group required less pain medication than subjects in nurse-administered group.
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