Risk Factors Associated with Development of Acute and Sub-Acute Post-Cesarean Pain: A Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although cesarean delivery is one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures, robust data regarding post-cesarean pain is still lacking. Recent studies showed an association between pain upon local anesthetic (LA) injection for spinal anesthesia, or the use of a "three simple questions", and acute post-cesarean pain. Nevertheless, these assessments have yet to be validated further, despite their relative ease of use. We aimed to assess the association between pain score upon LA injection with acute post-cesarean pain after 24 hours at rest (primary outcome) and sub-acute post-cesarean pain lasting for 4 weeks or more (secondary outcome).

Methods

Women undergoing cesarean delivery under spinal anesthesia were given pre-operative questionnaires on pain and p

SUBMITTER: Chan JJI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7509311 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature