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Sleep and comfort after Caesarean section
Author(s) -
Webster N.R.,
Lyons G.,
Macdonald Rosemary
Publication year - 1986
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.1365-2044.1986.tb12967.x
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , caesarean section , general anaesthesia , itching , morphine , opioid , surgery , pregnancy , genetics , receptor , biology
Summary To compare postoperative well‐being after general and epidural anaesthesia. 58 women undergoing Caesarean section were divided into a general anaesthetic group receiving intramuscular opioid postoperatively (26). and an epidural group receiving morphine via the epidural route (32). The epidural group required less analgesia (p < 0.01 at 0.5 and 8 hours, p < 0.001 at 4 hours). There was no difference in the use of oral analgesics. At 1,4 and 24 hours after delivery more patients in the general anaesthesia group described themselves as very comfortable (p < 0.05). More in the epidural group had a very good night's sleep during each night studied. Patients in the epidural group were slower to use the ward toilet (p < 0.01) and had more itching (p < 0.001). Our conclusion is that patients progressed well in both groups.