Automated mandatory bolus vs basal infusion: Breakthrough pain
- Population
- maintenance of epidural analgesia in labour
- Intervention
- Automated mandatory bolus
- Comparison
- basal infusion
- Outcome
- Breakthrough pain
Automated mandatory bolus probably leads to lower breakthrough pain compared with basal infusion (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Automated mandatory bolus vs basal infusion Breakthrough pain · maintenance of epidural analgesia in labour Automated mandatory bolus probably leads to lower breakthrough pain compared with basal infusion (moderate certainty). Automated mandatory bolus versus basal infusion for maintenance of epidural analgesia in labour (2018) · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyearlier version CD011344.PUB2, superseded | RR 0.6 [0.39, 0.92] | 10 studies · 797 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Automated mandatory bolus versus basal infusion for maintenance of epidural analgesia in labour 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | Not extracted | Not assessed |
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