Pain during cesarean delivery: A patient-related prospective observational study assessing the incidence and risk factors for intraoperative pain and intravenous medication administration
Authors' conclusion
In our cohort of scheduled and unplanned cesarean deliveries, the incidence of PDCD was 11.5%.
Study context
- Population
- English-speaking women undergoing cesarean delivery under neuraxial anesthesia, May–September 2022
- Participants
- 399 women
- Exposure
- Pain during cesarean delivery (PDCD) vs No PDCD
- PDCDn = 46
- Outcome
- Self-reported pain during cesarean delivery (PDCD)
Methodological detailssurvey
- Survey
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Self-reported PDCD
Participants
11.5%
46 events
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Secondary outcomes
Analgesic IV medication
Conversion to GA
- Analgesic IV medication — Overall proportion receiving analgesic IV medication
- 15.1%
Analgesic IV medication
- Risk factors: PDCD, intrapartum epidural extension when ≥2 epidural top-ups given for labor analgesia, longer surgical duration
Original publication
Pain during cesarean delivery: A patient-related prospective observational study assessing the incidence and risk factors for intraoperative pain and intravenous medication administration. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. Published 20 October 2023. doi:10.
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