Postoperative Pain After Medical Abortion Under Local Anesthesia : Comparison of Several Analgesic Regimen
- Conditions
- Abortion, Induced
- Registration Number
- NCT00188071
- Lead Sponsor
- University Hospital, Angers
- Brief Summary
* To compare postoperative analgesia by paracetamol 1gr or ketoprofen 100 mg or the combination of these two analgesics
* each treatment beeing allocated by randomization
- Detailed Description
* 240 pregnant women who undewent a medical abortion by aspiration, under local anesthesia, (day case surgery) were enrolled after informed consent and signed approval
* according to randomization, they received one hour before medical abortion procedure performed under local anesthesia of the cervix, one of these three diffrente analgesics :
* paracetamol 1 gr
* ketoprofen 100 mg
* the association of both Postprocedure pain was recorded, by nurse, using a visual analog scale (VAS), 7 times before and after the procedure, until the discharge of the patient.
* if VAS was above 40 on two consecutive measurements a morphine injection was given.
* the number and total amount of morphine was recorded.
* satisfaction was recorded within the 3 postoperative day by a telephone inquiry.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 240
- pregnant women
- medical abortion performed in day case surgery under local anesthesia
- informed written consent
- under 18 year old
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method postoperative pain rating
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method morphine consumption patient satisfaction
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Dept of Anesthesia - CHU
🇫🇷Angers, France