Abstract
A term parturient with documented platelet dysfunction presented to the case room for induction of labour. Since this bleeding abnormality contraindicated the use of lumbar epidural analgesia (LEA), we elected to use an iv fentanyl patientcontrolled analgesia (PCA) technique for pain relief during labour. The patient received a 50 μg fentanyl loading dose after which 20 μg boluses of fentanyl were self-administered every three minutes as required. The patient received a total of 400 μg of fentanyl over the 3 1/2 hr of active labour. Mother and neonate tolerated the fentanyl without sequelae. If facilities to monitor the neonate and mother are present, this method of analgesia is useful in those patients where LEA is contraindicated.
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Au terme d’une grossesse, une patiente porteuse d’une dysfonction plaquettaire devait avoir une induction de travail au bloc obstétrical. Ecartant l’usage d’une epidurale à cause des risques de saignement, nous avons employé du fentanyl en autoanalgésie (PCA) pour soulager les douleurs du travail. Après une dose initiate de50 μg, la patiente s’injectait des doses de 20 μg de fentanyl iv aux 3 minutes prn. Elle utilisa un total de 400 μg de fentanyl au cours des 3,5 heures que dura le travail. La mère et le nouveau-né tolérèrent fort bien ce mode d’analgésie. L’autoanalgésie offre done une alternative au bloc épidural lorsque ce dernier est contre-indiqué toutefois, nous recommandons de monitorer la mére et le nouveau-né pendant quelques heures.
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Kleiman, S.J., Wiesel, S. & Tessler, M.J. Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) using fentanyl in a parturient with a platelet function abnormality. Can J Anaesth 38, 489–491 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03007585
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