Chinese Med J Peking
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Chinese Med J Peking · Nov 2003
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialPatient controlled intravenous analgesia with tramadol for labor pain relief.
To evaluate the safety and analgesic efficacy of patient controlled intravenous analgesia (PCIA) with tramadol, and to compare its benefits and risks with combined spinal-epidural analgesia (CSEA)+ patient controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA). ⋯ PCIA with tramadol is now a useful alternative when patients are not candidates for CSEA for labor, or do not want to have a neuraxial block anesthesia. However, sometimes it may not provide satisfactory analgesic effect.