IM pethidine vs placebo
IM pethidine may leads to lower additional analgesia required (epidural, pethidine and Entonox) compared with placebo (low certainty).
- RR 0.71 [0.54, 0.94]1 study · 50 participantsLow
IM pethidine may leads to lower additional analgesia required (epidural, pethidine and Entonox) compared with placebo (low certainty).
It is very uncertain whether IM pethidine changes maternal satisfaction with analgesia measured during labour (number… compared with placebo (very low certainty).
IM pethidine may leads to higher maternal pain score or pain measured in labour (described as good or… compared with placebo (low certainty).
IM pethidine may leads to higher maternal pain score or pain measured in labour (reduction in VAS of… compared with placebo (low certainty).
It is very uncertain whether IM pethidine changes epidural compared with placebo (very low certainty).
Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pethidine showed no clear difference in daily mean opiate intake per hour compared with staff-controlled delivery of pethidine; GRADE not reported.
Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pethidine showed no clear difference in average pain scores (0-100 VAS) compared with staff-controlled delivery of pethidine; GRADE not reported.