cervical dilatation and tramadol

INTRODUCTION: These guidelines deal with the parturient wellbeing in terms of hydration and regional and systemic pain management during labour. METHOD: Guidelines were established based on literature analysis and experts consensus. RESULTS: Clear liquids consumption is permitted all along labor and postpartum, without volume limitation, in patients at low risk of general anesthesia (grade B). The consumption of solid foods is not recommended during the active stage of labor (consensus agreement)...

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy and safety profile of paracetamol in comparison with tramadol for pain relief during active labor. DESIGN: Prospective, randomized, double-blind study. SETTING: Maternity Wing of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh. PATIENT: Sixty laboring, primiparous, full-term parturients with uncomplicated, singleton pregnancy in spontaneous labor and cervical dilatation of 3-5 cm...

BACKGROUND: Combined spinal-epidural (CSE) analgesia is becoming increasingly used to provide pain relief during labor. It combines both the rapid onset of the spinal analgesia and the flexibility of the epidural catheter. Intrathecal sufentanil provides rapid-onset and profound analgesia during the first stage of labor. The dose required to produce this effect can be associated with maternal respiratory depression, hypotension, nausea, or pruritus. The major concern of the anesthesiologist is to limit these side effects sources of discomfort to a parturient, by choosing the optimal dose of sufentanil or searching for an alternative...