Prilozi (Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite. Oddelenie za medicinski nauki)
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Pril (Makedon Akad Nauk Umet Odd Med Nauki) · Jan 2014
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyContinuous versus patient-controlled epidural analgesia for labour analgesia and their effects on maternal motor function and ambulation.
The advantages of patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) for delivery compared with continuous epidural analgesia (CEA) have been a point of interest in research obstetric anaesthesia for more than two decades. The aim of this single blind randomized controlled study was to evaluate the incidence of motor block and ability to perform partial knee flexion in women who received CEA or PCEA. ⋯ Compared with CEA, PCEA provided less motor block and better first-stage analgesia, which leads to the conclusion that patient-controlled analgesia techniques are the preferred model in obstetric anesthesia.