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.
Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Oulu, Finland.
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Alahuhta
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Kangas-Saarela
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Hollmén
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Edström
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