Journal article
Look before you LEEP: patient reported pain with IV sedation vs local analgesia
Proceedings in obstetrics and gynecology, Vol.11(1), pp.1-6
04/13/2022
DOI: 10.17077/2154-4751.31432
Abstract
Objective: Examine the effectiveness of IV sedation in addition local analgesia compared to local analgesia alone for LEEP pain management. Methods: This quality improvement project surveyed 89 patients who underwent a LEEP procedure: 26 in the local only group and 63 in the IV + local group. Patients completed a visual analog scale and pain survey immediately following their LEEP. Results: The local analgesia + IV sedation group reported a lower average pain score compared to the local analgesia only group (2.4 ± 2.2 v 3.6 ± 2.7). However, this was not statistically significant, p 0.47. Patients found it was helpful to know what to expect prior to the LEEP and utilized various means of pain relief in addition to the primary treatments assessed. Conclusions: There is a need for high quality trials to determine best practices of pain management.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Look before you LEEP: patient reported pain with IV sedation vs local analgesia
- Creators
- Allison J. Frahm - University of Iowa Health CareAbbey J. Hardy-Fairbanks - University of IowaColleen K. Stockdale - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Proceedings in obstetrics and gynecology, Vol.11(1), pp.1-6
- DOI
- 10.17077/2154-4751.31432
- ISSN
- 2154-4751
- eISSN
- 2154-4751
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/13/2022
- Academic Unit
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Record Identifier
- 9984316896902771
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