Analysis of Physiological Respiratory Variable Alarm Alerts Among Laboring Women Receiving Remifentanil. Issue 4 (December 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Weiniger, C.F.; Carvalho, B.; Stocki, D.; Einav, S.
• Is Part Of: Obstetric anesthesia digest. Volume 37:Issue 4(2017:Dec.)
• Publication Date: 2017-12
• Subjects: Analgesia for Labor; Anesthesia in obstetrics -- Periodicals; Anesthesia in obstetrics -- Abstracts -- Periodicals; 617.968205
• DOI: 10.1097/01.aoa.0000527051.37574.71
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0275-665X

Abstract

Abstract : ( Anesth Analg. 2017;124(4):1211–1218) Remifentanil is a short-acting opioid. Its use for labor analgesia is controversial because of reports of associated apnea. The aim of this study was to perform a secondary analysis of respiratory data from a previous study of laboring women using patient-controlled intravenous (IV) remifentanil analgesia, in order to evaluate physiologic variables as early warning alerts of apnea.