Clinical Study
Labour Analgesia When Epidural Is Not a Choice: Tramadol versus Pentazocine
Table 3
Labour characteristics and neonatal outcome among the two groups.
| | Labour | Tramadol
(%) | Pentazocine
(%) | value |
| | Induced | 22 (55) | 8 (32) | 0.388 | | Normal vaginal delivery | 26 (65) | 23 (92) | 0.080 | | Forceps delivery | 5 (12.5) | 1 (4) | 0.080 | | Vacuum delivery | 3 (7.5) | 1 (4) | 0.080 | | Caesarean section | 6 (15) | 0 | | Birth weight in kg
(mean ± SD) | 2.86 ± 0.41 | 2.94 ± 0.365 | 0.428 | | Mean APGAR (1 min) | 8.93 | 9.00 | | Mean APGAR (5 min) | 9.98 | 10.00 | Injection delivery interval in min
(mean ± SD) | 265.91 ± 103.35 | 430.28 ± 117.29 | |
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( value < 0.05; ie: statistically significant).
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