Labour Analgesia When Epidural Is Not a Choice: Tramadol versus Pentazocine

Table 1

Maternal characteristics among the two groups.

Characteristics	Tramadol; 𝑛=40	Pentazocine; 𝑛=25	𝑃 value
Age (mean ± SD)	27.15 ± 2.99	26.68 ± 3.23	0.552
Height cm (mean ± SD)	155.63 ± 6.50	155.04 ± 5.35	0.708
Weight kg (mean ± SD)	64.93 ± 6.71	64.80 ± 6.55	0.941
Primigravida (%); Multigravida	25 (62.5); 15 (37.5)	19 (76); 06 (24)	0.326
Gestational age weeks (mean ± SD)	37.73 ± 1.62	38.24 ± 1.36	0.190
Cervical dilatation at initiation of analgesia cm (mean ± SD)	3.11 ± 0.737	3.12 ± 0.726	0.130
Systolic BP before analgesia mm Hg; (mean ± SD)	123.2 ± 6.12	123.2 ± 7.21	1.000