Visceral pain during caesarean section under spinal and epidural anaesthesia with bupivacaine.
In a randomized study, the incidence of visceral pain was evaluated in 46 patients undergoing elective caesarean section under spinal or epidural anaesthesia with 0.5% bupivacaine. If the patient experienced pain during the operation, a standard visual analogue scale ranging from 0 to 10 was used to assess the degree of pain. Visceral pain occurred in 12/23 patients in the spinal group and in 13/23 patients in the epidural group. In neither group was a correlation found between the cephalad level of analgesia or the intensity of cutaneous analgesia in the sacral region, and the presence of visceral pain.
Alahuhta
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Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Oulu, Finland.
Kangas-Saarela
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Hollmén
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Edström
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D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical; D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal; D002045:Bupivacaine; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D011247:Pregnancy; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D014781:Viscera
D002045:Bupivacaine