Curative effect of remifentanil on labor analgesia in newborns

AbstractObjective: To investigate the curative effect of remifentanil on analgesia in newborns.Patients and methods: One hundred and twenty full-term puerperae from January 2013 to December 2013 were selected and randomly divided into three groups: remifentanil patient-controlled intravenous labor analgesia group (Group A, n = 40), patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) group (Group B, n = 40), and spontaneous labor group (Group C, n = 40). General conditions, visual analogue scale (VAS) score, labor stage, bleeding, delivery mode, neonatal asphyxia rate, oxyhemoglobin saturation in puerpera, and umbilical arterial blood gas analysis indexes of the fetus were measured. In addition, complications and adverse reactions were recorded.Results: VAS scores in Group A and B were significantly lower than that in Group C at each time point after analgesic intervention (p   .05). However, VAS scores in Group A were signific...