Volume : VIII, Issue : VIII, August - 2019

A comparative study on equipotent doses of bupivacaine and ropivacaine with fentanyl on epidural labour analgesia

Dr. Azeem Davul

Abstract :

Pain in labour is an extremely agonizing experience for most women. Unrelieved labour pain produces many physiological changes which are detrimental to both the mother and the foetus. Various methods have been used to alleviate this pain. It is now well recognized that the only consistently effective method of pain in labour is lumbar epidural analgesia. Using a higher concentration of local anaesthetic agent to produce analgesia can be associated with undesirable side effects such as motor block, haemodynamic disturbances or interference with the progress of labour. Hence, various adjuvants like adrenaline, clonidine and particularly opioids have been used to reduce the amount of local anaesthetic used and yet provide satisfactory analgesia. Two commonly used local anaesthetics for the purpose are bupivacaine and ropivacaine. Here, equipotent doses of bupivacaine and ropivacaine with equal amounts of fentanyl as adjuvant are compared.

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A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON EQUIPOTENT DOSES OF BUPIVACAINE AND ROPIVACAINE WITH FENTANYL ON EPIDURAL LABOUR ANALGESIA, Dr. Azeem Davul INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-8 | August-2019

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