Acute pain and analgesic requirement after vaginal childbirth with and without neuraxial labor analgesia-Retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few data are available on the intensity of pain that women experience during the first five days after vaginal childbirth. Moreover, it is unknown if the use of neuraxial labor analgesia has any impact on the level of postpartum pain.

Methods

We performed a retrospective cohort study based on chart review of all women who delivered vaginally at an urban teaching hospital between April 2017 and April 2019. The primary outcome was the area under the curve of pain score on numeric rating scale (NRS) documented in electronic medical records for five days postpartum (NRS-AUC5days). Secondary outcomes included peak NRS score, doses of oral and intravenous analgesics consumed during the first five days postpartum, and relevant obstetric outcomes. Logistic regression was

SUBMITTER: Maeda A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10112800 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature