A comparative study of techniques of postoperative XXXX following caesarean section and lower abdominal surgery.

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A double-blind, within- @entity1 trial was carried out to compare intramuscular @entity6882 100 mg, epidural @entity6882 50 mg and epidural @entity1341 25 mg for @entity158 relief on the day after caesarean section or lower abdominal gynaecological surgery. @entity1337 was assessed on a visual analogue @entity158 scale. Forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV 1.0) and venous plasma @entity2922 levels were measured immediately before and approximately thirty minutes after each treatment. At the completion of the study the treatments were ranked in order of @entity1 preference. Nineteen @entity1 completed the trial. @entity1337 provided by epidural @entity6882 50 mg was superior to intramuscular @entity6882 100 mg (p less than 0.05) but not statistically better than epidural @entity1341 . There was no significant difference in the duration of @entity1337 between the active treatments. A mean increase in FEV 1.0 of 18% occurred after both of the epidural treatments, but this did not achieve statistical significance. There was no significant change in @entity2922 levels after any of the treatments. Epidural @entity6882 was preferred by @entity1 over and above intramuscular @entity6882 and epidural @entity1341 (p less than 0.05).
