Butorphanol in epidural: Could this be the breakthrough solution for safe and effective labor analgesia that we've been waiting for?

doi:10.12998/wjcc.v12.i32.6566

. 2024 Nov 16;12(32):6566-6569.

doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v12.i32.6566.

Butorphanol in epidural: Could this be the breakthrough solution for safe and effective labor analgesia that we've been waiting for?

Anju Gupta¹, Brinda Valecha², Nishkarsh Gupta³

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¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110076, Delhi, India.
² Department of Anaesthesia, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
³ Department of Onco-Anesthesiology and Palliative Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India. drnishkarsh@rediffmail.com.

PMID: 39554889
PMCID: PMC11438643
DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v12.i32.6566

Butorphanol in epidural: Could this be the breakthrough solution for safe and effective labor analgesia that we've been waiting for?

Anju Gupta et al. World J Clin Cases. 2024.

. 2024 Nov 16;12(32):6566-6569.

doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v12.i32.6566.

Authors

Anju Gupta¹, Brinda Valecha², Nishkarsh Gupta³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110076, Delhi, India.
² Department of Anaesthesia, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
³ Department of Onco-Anesthesiology and Palliative Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India. drnishkarsh@rediffmail.com.

PMID: 39554889
PMCID: PMC11438643
DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v12.i32.6566

Abstract

The authors have conducted a comprehensive investigation into the safety and effectiveness of butorphanol for epidural analgesia during labor. Their critical analysis of the paper and discussion of the technique's advantages and disadvantages provide a thorough understanding of the topic.

Keywords: Labor analgesia; Labor pain; Metanalysis; Protocol.

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Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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[1] Melzack R. The myth of painless childbirth (the John J. Bonica lecture) Pain. 1984;19:321–337. - PubMed

[2] Melzack R. The myth of painless childbirth (the John J. Bonica lecture) Pain. 1984;19:321–337. - PubMed

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