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ArticleDrug design, development and therapy2023

Nalbuphine May Be Superior to Sufentanil in Relieving Postcesarean Uterine Contraction Pain in Multiparas: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Kang Zheng, Bingwei Chen, Jie Sun

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Article in Drug design, development and therapy, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kang ZhengDepartment of Anesthesiology, Nanjing Pukou District Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0001-6778-2607
Bingwei ChenDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China.
Jie SunDepartment of Anesthesiology, Southeast University Zhongda Hospital, Nanjing, People's Republic of China.
Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine · CNSoutheast University · CNZhongda Hospital Southeast University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: Postcesarean pain remains a major complaint from puerperium women who have undergone cesarean section, especially uterine contraction induced visceral pain. The optimal opioid for pain relief after cesarean section (CS) is still unclear. The goal of this study was to compare the analgesic effect of Nalbuphine to Sufentanil in patients who underwent CS. Patients and Methods: In this single-center retrospective cohort study, we included patients who received Nalbuphine or Sufentanil Patient-Controlled Intravenous Analgesia (PCIA) after CS between 1 January 2018 and 30 November 2020. Data on a Visual Analog Scale (VAS) at uterine contraction, at rest, and at movement, analgesic consumption, and side effects were collected. We performed logistic regression to identify predictors of severe uterine contraction pain. Results: A total of 674 patients were identified in the unmatched cohort, and 612 patients in the matched one. Compared to the Sufentanil group, lower VAS-contraction was recorded in the Nalbuphine group in both the unmatched and matched cohorts, the mean difference (MD) on POD1 was 0.35 (95% CI: 0.17 to 0.54, Conclusion: Compared to Sufentanil, Nalbuphine may provide better analgesia on uterine contraction pain. The superior analgesia may only exhibit in multiparas.

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NalbuphineAnalgesia, Patient-ControlledAnalgesicsAnalgesics, OpioidCesarean SectionFemaleHumansPostoperative PainPregnancyRetrospective StudiesSufentanilUterine ContractionAnalgesicsAnalgesics, OpioidNalbuphineSufentanilmultiparous patientsNalbuphinepatient-controlled intravenous analgesiapostcesarean painuterine contraction pain

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