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Experience with self‐administered pethidine with special reference to the general practitioner obstetric unit
Author(s) -
Harper N.J.N.,
Thomson J.,
Brayshaw S.A.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1983.tb10374.x
Subject(s) - pethidine , medicine , unit (ring theory) , anesthesia , mathematics education , mathematics , analgesic
Summary We describe our experience with on‐demand self‐administered intravenous pethidine when used to provide analgesia on a general practitioner obstetric unit. The Cardiff Palliator was used by 42 patients at or near term. Analgesia was satisfactory in a high proportion of case i and this method of analgesia was generally preferred to intramuscular pethidine. Apgar scores were unsatisfactory in three instances but obstetric considerations were thought to have contributed. The problems of incorporating this form of analgesia into the practice of a general practitioner unit are discussed.