Effect of Epidural Infusion Bolus Delivery Rate on the Duration of Labor Analgesia : A Randomized Clinical Trial

BACKGROUND: Programmed intermittent boluses of local anesthetic have been shown to be superior to continuous infusions for maintenance of labor analgesia. High-rate epidural boluses increase delivery pressure at the catheter orifice and may improve drug distribution in the epidural space. We hypothesized that high-rate drug delivery would improve labor analgesia and reduce the requirement for provider-administered supplemental boluses for breakthrough pain.

METHODS: Nulliparous women with a singleton pregnancy at a cervical dilation of less than or equal to 5 cm at request for neuraxial analgesia were eligible for this superiority-design, double-blind, randomized controlled trial. Neuraxial analgesia was initiated with intrathecal fentanyl 25 μg. The maintenance epidural solution was bupivacaine 0.625 mg/ml with fentanyl 1.95 μg/ml. Programmed (every 60 min) intermittent boluses (10 ml) and patient controlled bolus (5 ml bolus, lockout interval: 10 min) were administered at a rate of 100 ml/h (low-rate) or 300 ml/h (high-rate). The primary outcome was percentage of patients requiring provider-administered supplemental bolus analgesia.

RESULTS: One hundred eight women were randomized to the low- and 102 to the high-rate group. Provider-administered supplemental bolus doses were requested by 44 of 108 (40.7%) in the low- and 37 of 102 (36.3%) in the high-rate group (difference -4.4%; 95% CI of the difference, -18.5 to 9.1%; P = 0.67). Patient requested/delivered epidural bolus ratio and the hourly bupivacaine consumption were not different between groups. No subject had an adverse event.

CONCLUSIONS: Labor analgesia quality, assessed by need for provider- and patient-administered supplemental analgesia and hourly bupivacaine consumption was not improved by high-rate epidural bolus administration.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:128

Enthalten in:

Anesthesiology - 128(2018), 4 vom: 15. Apr., Seite 745-753

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lange, Elizabeth M S [VerfasserIn]
Wong, Cynthia A [VerfasserIn]
Fitzgerald, Paul C [VerfasserIn]
Davila, Wilmer F [VerfasserIn]
Rao, Suman [VerfasserIn]
McCarthy, Robert J [VerfasserIn]
Toledo, Paloma [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Analgesics, Opioid
Anesthetics, Local
Bupivacaine
Fentanyl
Journal Article
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
UF599785JZ
Y8335394RO

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Date Completed 06.08.2019

Date Revised 31.03.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/ALN.0000000000002089

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM280128770