Introduction: The pain relief effect of Paracetamol, as a safe analgesic drug in labor, compared to Pethidine, as a well-known analgesic drug, need to be more evaluated. Objective: This study aims to compare the effects of Paracetamol and Pethidine on the first-stage labor pain relief and neonatal and maternal complications. Materials and Methods: This single-blind, parallel group, randomized...

OBJECTIVE Epidural (EA) and combined spinal-epidural (CSE) techniques have both been utilized for labor analgesia. This study compared the effects on the mother and newborn of these techniques in labor analgesia and anesthesia. METHODS Forty pregnant women received epidural analgesia with 15 mL of 0.125% ropivacaine (EA group) and 5 microg of sufentanil plus 2.5mg bupivacaine in the subarachn...

objectives this study aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of intramuscular pethidine as an analgesic during labor by comparing it to inhaled 50% nitrous oxide (entonox). conclusions inhaled nitrous oxide seems to give better pain relief in the short term compared to a single dose of pethidine. entonox, which is more convenient to administer than an intramuscular injection of pethidine, is a...

BACKGROUND One of the strategies for a good outcome and pain free childbearing is to design the delivery room. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of snoezelen room on childbearing outcome such as pain intensity, duration of labor, and perinea status in nulliparous women. PATIENTS AND METHODS This study was a randomized controlled clinical trial consists of 100 chil...

abstract background: the uterus continues to contract after childbirth. the pain caused by the contractions of the uterus can be as severe as labor pain. the study was aimed to evaluate the effects of ice massage applied to the large intestine 4 (li4) on postpartum pain during the active phase of labor. materials and methods: the study was designed as a randomized controlled trial with three gr...

The main aim was to validate the ratio scale derived from the non-metric continuum of the intensity of the different types of pain using cross-modality matching. Magnitude estimation method and cross-modality matching were used with perceived line lengths. The study was formed by 30 outpatients from various specialty clinics, 30 physicians and 90 nurses. The results were: Cancer Pain, Myocardiu...

introduction: one the most anxious moments for mothers and families is labor pain and various methods for its relief have an effect on labor management, patient satisfaction and labor outcome. both pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods are used to relieve labor pain, but in recently years, researchers have focused their attention to non-pharmacological methods for reduction of labor p...

This study aims to determine the effect of birthing ball on labor pain during first active phase in women giving birth at Kurao maternity clinic, Padang. research uses a quantitative approach with quasi-experimental non-randomized control group pretest-posttest design. The results showed that method intensity 1 before and after being given obtained moderate providing process was 1.80. In contra...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of LI4 acupressure on labor pain and duration during the first stage of labor. METHODS Parturient women (n=149) with singleton pregnancies in the active phase of spontaneous labor, without any medical or obstetric problems, were enrolled in this single-blinded, randomized, clinical trial. Participants were placed into one of three groups: an LI4 acupressure gr...