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. 2017 Dec;31(6):621-638.
doi: 10.1007/s00482-017-0257-3.

[Pain therapy in obstetrics]

[Article in German]
J Wallenborn  1   2 , I Kühnert  3 , D O Chebac  4 , P Kranke  5
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[Pain therapy in obstetrics]

[Article in German]
J Wallenborn et al. Schmerz. 2017 Dec.

Abstract

Labor pains can be stronger than pain caused by fractures and as a result of fear and stress can even have a negative effect on the course of parturition. A proportion of 75% of all women in labor use one or more supportive forms of analgesia to relieve labor pains. The procedures used range from supportive non-pharmacological measures, single intramuscular or intravenous analgesics and a prolonged inhalative analgesia up to highly efficient neuraxial blocks. Non-pharmacological interventions are considered to be generally safe but poorly effective. In contrast, pharmacological and invasive interventions are proven to be effective for analgesia but associated with potential side effects.

Keywords: Analgesia, epidural; Analgesia, spinal; Labor pain; Meptazinol; Pethidine.

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