COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN INTRAVENOUS PARACETAMOL AND PETHIDINE AS POST-CESAREAN SECTION ANALGESIA

Abstract

ain is defined as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience of actual or potential tissue damage or an experience expressed in such terms” (Merskey and Bogduk, 1994). Pain is classified into three different types: inflammatory, neuropathic and dysfunctional pain (Basbaum et al., 2009; Woolf, 2010). Although this kind of classification schematizes and facilitates our clinical approach to treating pain, there is a large interindividual variability in the response of analgesics when administered to patients (Allegri et al., 2012). While there have been significant advancements in options for pain assessment and therapy, effective postoperative pain management remains a frequent dilemma for patients and clinicians (Diaz and Flood, 2006). Effective pain management improves patient satisfaction, decreases hospital stay, and shortens recovery of the postsurgical patient. The sequelae of inadequate postoperative pain management include: hospital re-admission, prolonged hospitalization, compromised prognosis, and increased morbidity secondary to immobility and pulmonary dysfunction (Carli et al., 2002). Management of acute pain after cesarean section has evolved considerably over the past decade. The general approach P Summary -