THE EFFECT OF ENTONOX ON LABOR PAIN IN WOMEN REFERRING TO TORBAT HEIDARIYYEH MATERNITY HOSPITAL IN 1383 (2004)

Background and Labor pain is considered as one of the most beautiful phenomenon, causing anxiety in mothers and in most cases a reason for elective cesarean section. Analgesics such as entonox are now common in pain relief and this study is intended to answer the patients on the possible complications and degree of pain relief using this procedure. Methods and Materials: In order to determine the effect of entonox on labor pain, 35 pregnant women (16-35 years old age; gravid 1-7) were objectively selected from among women referring to 9th Dey Maternity Hospital in Torbat Heidariyyeh, Iran. In this cross-sectional descriptive study, mean pain score (3 contractions) was determined through a visual pain scale two times: once before entonox and once after nitroxide inhalation. 1st and 5th minute APGAR were reported to be 8.32±0.7 and 9.92±0.7 respectively. Noatony was observed in the subjects. Pain score dropped to 7.1±1.01 upon nitroxide inhalation. 60% of the patients expressed low satisfaction and only 8.4% expressed perfect satisfaction of the entonox method. It seems that the treatment staff is to provide realistic expectations for mothers and the expression of pain relief is preferred to analgesia in this regard.