Analgesia for 2nd Trimester Termination of Pregnancy

Summary

There has been very little investigation into the management of pain from 2nd trimester termination of pregnancy or unexpected fetal loss. The standard of practice in North America is usually intravenous patient controlled analgesia (IV PCA), using a narcotic wuch as fentanyl. The goal of this study is to compare the quality of recovery after termination of pregnancy using fentanyl IV PCA or patient controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA), a standard of care for live births. The study will be conducted as a randomized controlled trial.

Timeline

Start

2012-03

Primary completion

2014-01

Completion

2014-01

Outcome

Outcome not reported

Stopped (Enrollment): “Recruitment difficulty”

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.