International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 307-309 , October 2007

Pain, epidural analgesia and late termination of pregnancy: a new challenge for obstetric anaesthesiologists

  • Dan Benhamou

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dan Benhamou, Professor and Chairman, Departement d’Anesthésie-Réanimation, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, 92141 Clamart Cedex, France. Tel.: +33 1 45 37 42 73; fax: +01 45 37 49 85.

References 

  1. Why some women need late abortion. A briefing by Voice for Choice. 2–12 Pentonvillee Rd, London N1 9FP. www.vfc.org.uk
  2. Ashok PW, Kidd A, Flett GM, Fitzmaurice A, Graham W, Templeton A. A randomized comparison of medical abortion and surgical vacuum aspiration at 10–13 weeks gestation. Hum Reprod. 2002;17:92–98
  3. Wiebe E. Pain control in medical abortion. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2001;74:275–280
  4. Wiebe E, Podhradsky L, Dijak V. The effect of lorazepam on pain and anxiety in abortion. Contraception. 2003;67:219–222
  5. Spitz IM, Bardin CW, Benton L, Robbins A. Early pregnancy termination with mifepristone and misoprostol in the United States. N Engl J Med. 1998;338:1241–1247
  6. Abdel-Aziz E, Hassan I, Al-Taher HM. Assessment of pain associated with medical abortion. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2004;84:264–265
  7. Bilan des activités de procréation et génétique humaines en France 2002-2003-2004. Rapport de l’Agence de Biomédecine, pp: 270–284. http://www.agence-biomedecine.fr/fr/index.aspx.
  8. Summary abortion statistics, England and Wales: 2003 (2004) Government Statistical Bulletin 2004/14.
  9. Hamoda H, Ashok PW, Flett GM, Templeton A. Analgesia requirements and predictors of analgesia use for women undergoing medical abortion up to 22 weeks of gestation. Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 2004;111:996–1000
  10. Castro C, Tharmaratnam U, Brockhurst N, Tureanu L, Tam K, Windrim R. Patient-controlled analgesia with fentanyl provides effective analgesia for second trimester labour: a randomized controlled study. Can J Anaesth. 2003;50:1039–1046
  11. Rosenblatt WH, Cioffi AM, Sinatra R, Silverman DG. Metoclopramide-enhanced analgesia for prostaglandin-induced termination of pregnancy. Anesth Analg. 1992;75:760–763
  12. Anderson KO. Role of cutpoints: why grade pain intensity?. Pain. 2005;113:5–6
  13. Viviand X, Fabre G, Ortega D, Dayan A, Boubli L, Martin C. Target-controlled sedation-analgesia using propofol and remifentanil in women undergoing late termination of pregnancy. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2003;12:83–88
  14. Clergue F, Auroy Y, Pequignot F, Jougla E, Lienhart A, Laxenaire MC. French survey of anesthesia in 1996. Anesthesiology. 1999;91:1509–1520
  15. Abecassis P, Mercier FJ, Benhamou D. Analgesia for labour in the region of Paris (Ile de France). Int J Obstet Anesth. 2004;13:S14
  16. Burnstein R, Buckland R, Pickett JA. A survey of epidural analgesia for labour in the United Kingdom. Anaesthesia. 1999;54:634–640
  17. Ni Mhuireachtaigh R, O’Gorman DA. Anesthesia in pregnant patients for nonobstetric surgery. J Clin Anesth. 2006;18:60–66
  18. Chadha YC, Mahmood TA, Dick MJ, Smith NC, Campbell DM, Templeton A. Breech delivery and epidural analgesia. Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 1992;99:96–100
  19. Sizer AR, Nirmal DM. Occipitoposterior position: associated factors and obstetric outcome in nulliparas. Obstet Gynecol. 2000;96:749–752
  20. Liu EH, Sia AT. Rates of caesarean section and instrumental vaginal delivery in nulliparous women after low concentration epidural infusions or opioid analgesia: systematic review. BMJ. 2004;328:1410

PII: S0959-289X(07)00121-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2007.06.003

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 307-309 , October 2007

Article Tools