Remifentanil patient-controlled intravenous analgesia during labour: A retrospective observational study of 10 years ’ experience

Intravenous remifentanil patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) was first used in our unit in 2001 following a feasibility study and has been routinely available on request as an analgesic option for labouring women since 2004.1 Since then, remifentanil PCA has become a popular choice, resulting in a one-third decline in our unit ’s epidural analgesia rate from 41% to 25%.Fig 1.
Source: International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Tags: Original Article Source Type: research