The Current Consideration, Approach, and Management in Postcesarean Delivery Pain Control: A Narrative Review

Table 1

Risk factors for severe postoperative pain after cesarean delivery.

Patient related factors	Questionnaire and quantitative sensory testing	Perioperative risk factors
Preoperative anxiety [28, 29]; Previous cesarean delivery [30]; History of chronic pain or history of chronic opioid use [20]	Quantitative sensory testing: electrical pain threshold [31], heat pain threshold [32], and local infiltration [21]Three simple questions (level of anxiety, anticipated pain, and analgesics need) [25]	Elevated numerical rating score for pain at first 24 hours [33]