Open AccessPatient Controlled Epidural Labour Analgesia (PCEA): A Comparison Between Ropivacaine, Ropivacaine-Fentanyl and Ropivacaine-Clonidine
Author(s) -
Arun Ahirwar,
Ravi Prakash,
Brij Bihari Kushwaha,
Amrita Gaurav,
Ajay Kumar Chaudhary,
Reetu Verma,
Dinesh Singh,
Vineeta Singh
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/9131.4747
Subject(s) - ropivacaine , clonidine , fentanyl , medicine , anesthesia
Feeling of pain is one of the most important emotional determinants which dominate the perception of females who undergo the process of labour and delivery. Patient controlled epidural labour analgesia (PCEA) is convenient and safer technique for this purpose. Very few studies compared clonidine and fentanyl with ropivacaine in labour analgesia in past. This study was undertaken to compare fentanyl and clonidine in PCEA.