ABSTRACT Objective: To observe the efficacy and safety of continuous epidural anesthesia and combined spinal epidural anesthesia in parturients with gestational hypertension for labor analgesia. Methods:164 cases of parturients with gestational hypertension for labor analgesia were divided into group E (with continuous epidural anesthesia, n=82) and group SE (with combined spinal epidural anesthesia, n=82) according to the time of admission. Visual analogue score (VAS) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) before analgesia (T0), 5min after analgesia (T1), 10 min after analgesia (T2), 30 min after analgesia (T3), 1h after analgesia (T4), 2 h after analgesia (T5), and when the uterine cervix dilated absolutely (T6) were recorded in the two groups. Labor time, way of delivery, oxytocin utilization rate, blood pressure medication utilization rate, rate of postpartum hemorrhage, analgesic effect time, analgesia time, maternal satisfaction, modified Bromage score, neonatal Apgar score, birth weight and ropivacaine concentration in umbilical cord blood were compared between two groups. Results:VAS scores at T1 T6 were lower than that at T0 in the two groups (P<0.05). MAP at T1 T6 decreased than that at T0 in group SE (P<0.05). VAS scores at T1 and T2 in group SE were lower than those in group E (P<0.05), and MAP at T1, T2 and T3 were lower than those in group E (P<0.05). There were no statistical differences between the first and second labor period, delivery mode, antihypertensive drugs and postpartum bleeding rate in the two groups (P>0.05).The use of oxytocin in group SE was higher than that in group E (P<0.05). Compared with group E, the analgesic effect of the SE group was short (P<0.05), but there were no statistical differences between analgesic time, maternal satisfaction and improved Bromage score in the two groups (P>0.05). Apgar score at 1 min, Apgar score at 5 min, neonatal weight and concentration of ropivacaine in umbilical cord blood showed no significant difference between the two groups (P>0.05). There was no significant difference in the incidence of adverse drug reactions between the two groups (P>0.05), and no serious adverse reactions occurred. Conclusion:Continuous epidural anesthesia and combined spinal epidural anesthesia can provide satisfactory and safe analgesic effect. Compared with combined spinal epidural anesthesia, continuous epidural anesthesia had little effect on hemodynamics and uterine contractions in parturients with gestational hypertension for labor analgesia. |