Open AccessPatient-controlled epidural analgesia for labor – a step forward in Ukrainian obstetrics
Author(s) -
Yevhenii Grizhimalsky,
Andrii Harha
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
medicina bolû
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2519-2752
pISSN - 2414-3812
DOI - 10.31636/pmjua.v4i3.5
Subject(s) - medicine , pain relief , patient satisfaction , anesthesia , local anaesthetic , randomized controlled trial , pain control , regional anesthesia , labor pain , gold standard (test) , surgery , pregnancy , biology , genetics
Labour pain is recognized by some women as the most severe pain that they have ever felt in their life. Epidural analgesia is an effective method of pain relief in labour and is considered as the gold standard of analgesia for delivery. Traditionally, epidural analgesia in Ukraine is performed without the ability for the patient to control the process of anesthesia. The authors became interested in the delivery of local anesthetics by patientcontrolled epidural analgesia instead of the traditional physician methods. In randomized controlled studies there is an evidence that the PCEA method tends to improve the quality of pain relief and increase the patient satisfaction.