Study of effects of epidural analgesia on labor process

Abstract

Background: Labor pain is one of the most sever pain which only the females experience it. In all of the countries continuous epidural analgesia is known as the most reliable and safe method. In spite of this there are some concerns about the effects of analgesia on mother and fetus hence avoiding this technique in Iran. This article undertaken to show the effects of continuous segmental epidural analgesia on the labor process Methods and materials: This study is a randomized clinical trial undertaken in Kermanshah UMSHS. Study conducted on 90 primipara cases ranging between 17-30 years old age which randomly allocated in two case and control groups. Segmental epidural block with bupivacaine combined with sufentanil was conducted in the study group. Data collected with check list and analized with SPSS software. Differences of labor duration in the first and second phases was compared with t-test, any unwanted cesarean section due to dystopia or fetal distress with exact Fischer test, apgar scores of newborns in two groups with corrected K square test aby use of devices for delivery with K square test and quality of analgesia was measured with visual analog score (VAS). Results: In this study labor duration in two groups for first and second stages showed no significant difference (P