Programmed intermittent epidural bolus for labour analgesia during first stage of labour: a sequential allocation trial to determine the effective interval time between boluses of a fixed volume of 2.5 mL of bupivacaine 0.25% plus fentanyl 8 µg·mL-1.

CONCLUSION: The estimated EI90 for boluses of 2.5 mL of bupivacaine 0.25% with fentanyl 8 µg·mL-1 was 20 (95% CI, 5.9 to 28.8) min. These results suggest that there is no advantage in using this regimen compared with those reported in the literature using the same dose of bupivacaine in concentrations of 0.0625% and 0.125%. TRIAL REGISTRATION: www.clinicaltrials.gov (NCT03735771); registered 7 November 2018. PMID: 33532993 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Tags: Can J Anaesth Source Type: research