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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 41, 1063-1068, Copyright © 1994 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

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Epidural opioid analgesia after caesarean section: a comparison of patient-controlled analgesia with meperidine and single bolus injection of morphine

OP Rosaeg and MP Lindsay
Department of Anaesthesia, Ottawa Civic Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ontario.

The quality of analgesia, patient satisfaction and incidence of side effects following a single bolus of epidural morphine were compared with patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) with meperidine during the first 24 hr after elective Caesarean section. Seventy-five women were randomly assigned to three equal groups. Group I received 30 mg epidural meperidine after delivery and PCEA with meperidine; Group 2 received 3 mg epidural morphine after delivery and PCEA with saline in a double-blind fashion. Group 3 received 3 mg epidural morphine after delivery without saline PCEA. Visual analogue pain scores (VAS) were higher with PCEA meperidine from 8-16 hr post-operatively (P < 0.05) than in both epidural morphine groups. Two patients in Group 1 and one in Group 3 required supplemental parental analgesia. The incidence of nausea was 16% in Group 1, compared with 52% in Group 2 and 56% in Group 3 (P < 0.01). Pruritus occurred in 24% of Group 1 patients, 84% of patients in Group 2 and 68% of patients in Group 3 (P < 0.001). Forty-six percent of patients in Group 1 were very satisfied with pain management, compared with 77% in Group 2 and 79% in Group 3. Nurse workload was higher in the PCEA study groups than in Group 3 (P < 0.05). A single bolus of epidural morphine provides superior analgesia and satisfaction at low cost, but with a higher incidence of nausea and pruritus than PCEA with meperidine.


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