“Ultra-light” patient-controlled epidural analgesia during labor: effects of varying regimens on analgesia and physician workload

• Published in: International journal of obstetric anesthesia Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 223 - 229
• Main Authors: Carvalho, B., Cohen, S.E., Giarrusso, K., Durbin, M., Riley, E.T., Lipman, S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2005
• Subjects: Adult; Analgesia; Analgesia, Epidural - adverse effects; Analgesia, Obstetrical - adverse effects; Analgesia, Patient-Controlled - adverse effects; Anesthetics, Intravenous; Anesthetics, Local; Apgar Score; Bupivacaine; Double-Blind Method; Endpoint Determination; Female; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Labor; Labor, Obstetric; Pain Measurement - drug effects; Patient-controlled epidural analgesia; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Outcome; Sufentanil; Workload; Labor; Analgesia; Patient-controlled epidural analgesia

Patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) offers many advantages over continuous epidural infusions for maintenance of labor analgesia. Some of these benefits may depend on the PCEA settings. This study evaluated several regimens for “ultra-light” (0.125%) PCEA with basal continuous infusion (CI)...