Background Excessive opioid prescribing after surgery has contributed to the current opioid
crisis; however, the value of prescribing opioids at surgical discharge remains uncertain. We …

The rate of cesarean delivery in the United States has been increasing over the past
decades and now exceeds 32% of births. 1 Effective postoperative analgesia is critical …

A woman who experiences pain during caesarean section under neuraxial anaesthesia is at
risk of adverse psychological sequelae. Litigation arising from pain during caesarean …

Caesarean delivery is the most commonly performed inpatient surgical procedure globally.
Pain after caesarean delivery is moderate to severe if not adequately treated, and is a …

Effective pain management should be a key priority in women undergoing cesarean
delivery. Suboptimal perioperative pain management is associated with chronic pain …

BACKGROUND: The intrathecal morphine dose achieving optimal analgesia for cesarean
delivery while minimizing side effects has not yet been deduced. In this meta-analysis, our …

BACKGROUND: Few individual clinical trials have had sufficient subject numbers to
definitively determine the effects of postoperative analgesia on major outcomes. METHODS …

Background and Objectives: The transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block has been shown
to provide analgesia for lower abdominal wall incisions. We evaluated the efficacy of the …

BACKGROUND: The optimal effective dose of epidural morphine that provides
postoperative analgesia after caesarean section with minimal side effects remains debated …

Objectives To identify studies of existing instruments available for clinicians to record overall
patient preferences and priorities for care, suitable for use in routine primary care practice in …