Why the study?
Does adding nalbuphine to hydromorphone for patient-controlled epidural analgesia reduce opioid-related side effects in healthy women after elective cesarean delivery?
Population
78 healthy women after elective cesarean delivery
Comparison
Hydromorphone 0.075 mg/mL combined with… vs Hydromorphone 0.075 mg/mL alone via…
Design
RCT, Randomly assigned to one of four treatment groups
Follow-up
32 hours
Authors
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May warrant adding nalbuphine to hydromorphone epidural PCA after cesarean; extends multimodal regimens for obstetric side-effect reduction.
Does adding nalbuphine to hydromorphone for patient-controlled epidural analgesia reduce opioid-related side effects in healthy women after elective cesarean delivery?
Adding nalbuphine 0.04 mg/mL to hydromorphone for patient-controlled epidural analgesia reduces nausea and urinary retention after cesarean delivery without compromising analgesia.
Parker et al. (1997) studied this question.
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