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Analgesic efficacy of programmed intermittent epidural bolus vs patient-controlled epidural analgesia in laboring parturients.
Abstract
Programmed intermittent epidural boluses (PIEB) may produce more extensive spread of epidural bolus rather than continuous epidural infusion (CEI). Previous studies compared PIEB with CEI and concluded that PIEB shows better outcome when combined with patient controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA), but these studies lack any comparison between PCEA and PIEB in the absence of CEI.