Sole Local Anesthetic Versus Opioid Plus Local Anesthesia in Epidural Labor Analgesia
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2014-02-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
It is common for obstetric anesthesia using opioid supplement to local anesthetics for
epidural labor pain control. Given the low doses of these epidural drugs, we never doubt the
necessity of the supplement of opioid to lacal anesthetics during this process based on the
concept that opioid addition can enhance and prolong the analgesic effect of local
anesthetics. However, we unavoidably encounter many opioid-associated side effects during the
labor delivery. In addition, usage of opioid increase the medical cost for each patient. We
herein hypothesized that in the context of obstetric anesthesia, sole local anesthetics can
produce as the same analgsic effect as opioid plus local anesthetics given for epidural labor
pain control.
Phase:
Phase 4
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Nanjing Medical University
Treatments:
Analgesics, Opioid Anesthetics Anesthetics, Local Ropivacaine Sufentanil