Investigation of the application of labor analgesia in labor process

Objective To discuss the effect of Ropivacaine and Fentanyl for patient controlled epidural analgesia in labor and its influence over mothers and infants.Methods 480 cases of voluntary labor analgesia were grouped as analgesia group,and other 480 parturients with no labor analgesia formed the control group in the same period.Comparison of analgesia effectiveness,duration of labor,rates of cesarean section,application of oxytocin,neonatal asphyxia and postpartum hemorrhage in two groups was made.Results The Visual Analogue Score (VAS) in analgesia group was significantly lower than that of the control group (P0.05).The first stage of labor and the cesarean section rate decreased with statistical significance (P0.05) in comparison with those of the control group,while the usage of oxytocin increased.The difference of neonatal asphyxia and postpartum hemorrhage in two groups was of no statistical significance (P0.05).Conclusion The application of Ropivacaine and Fentanyl for patient controlled epidural analgesia has good effectiveness with no adverse effects on mothers and infants.It meets well the needs in the whole labor process and is worthy of further application.