Evaluation of Postoperative Analgesic Consumption After Emergency and Elective Cesarean Section

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OBJECTIVE: This study compares post-operative pain and analgesic consumption among patients who have undergone either an emergent or elective caesarean section. STUDY DESIGN: A total of 115 patients, comprised of 48 emergency caesarean section and 67 elec- tive caesarean section patients, were enrolled in this prospective study. Pain intensity was evaluated with a numeric pain scale in the 1st, 2 nd , 6 th , 12 th , and 24 th post-operative hours and total post-operative tramadol consumption within 24 hours was recorded for each patient. RESULTS: Total tramadol consumption for emergency caesarean section patients under general anes- thesia was 222.91±56.52 mg and for elective caesarean section patients under general anesthesia was 181.71±55.38 mg (p 0.05). CONCLUSION: Analgesic consumption for emergency caesarean section patients under general anes- thesia was observed to be high.