“LABOUR ANALGESIA- A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF EPIDURAL BOLUS ADMINISTRATION OF 0.125% BUPIVACAINE WITH 0.0002% FENTANYL VERSUS 0.25% PLAIN BUPIVACAINE”

Abstract

Introduction: Labour pain is of major concern since most parturients experience signicant pain of extremely severe intensity. Labour pain can have deleterious effects on the mother, on the foetus and on the labour outcome. Epidural anaesthesia is an effective means of providing analgesia during labour. To compare the efcacy of epidural analgesia using 0.125% bupivacaine and 0.0002% Aim: fentanyl versus an epidural using 0.25% bupivacaine alone for labour analgesia. It is a prospective comparative study c Methods: onducted at a Tertiary care hospital, Fifty parturients who were admitted to the antenatal ward and who requested pain relief during labor and who fullled the inclusion criteria were selected for the study after taking written informed consent. Analgesia provided by both techniques Conclusion: was found to be similar. Women in group FB retained motor power in their legs. Motor Block was minimized in Group FB. Both the intervention group had lesser impact on the hemodynamics. Complications were minor and were easily managed.