Patient-controlled epidural analgesia for labor – a step forward in Ukrainian obstetrics

Authors

  • Yevhenii Grizhimalsky Maternity hospital “Leleka”, Kyiv, Ukraine
  • Andrii Harha Maternity hospital “Leleka”, Kyiv, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31636/pmjua.v4i3.5

Keywords:

patient­-controlled analgesia, postoperative period, anesthesia, epidural analgesia

Abstract

Labour pain is recognized by some women as the most severe pain that they have ever felt in their life. Epidural analgesia is an effective method of pain relief in labour and is considered as the gold standard of analgesia for delivery. Traditionally, epidural analgesia in Ukraine is performed without the ability for the patient to control the process of anesthesia. The authors became interested in the delivery of local anesthetics by patient­controlled epidural analgesia instead of the traditional physician methods. In randomized controlled studies there is an evidence that the PCEA method tends to improve the quality of pain relief and increase the patient satisfaction.

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Patient-controlled epidural analgesia for labor – a step forward in Ukrainian obstetrics

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2019-11-01

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Grizhimalsky Y, Harha A. Patient-controlled epidural analgesia for labor – a step forward in Ukrainian obstetrics. PMJUA [Internet]. 2019 Nov. 1 [cited 2024 Mar. 28];4(3):67-70. Available from: https://painmedicine.org.ua/index.php/pnmdcn/article/view/208

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