• Human reproduction · Jul 2006

    Conscious sedation and analgesia for oocyte retrieval during IVF procedures: a Cochrane review.

    • Irene Kwan, Siladitya Bhattacharya, Fiona Knox, and Alex McNeil.
    • National Collaborating Centre for Women's and Children's Health, London, UK. ikwan@ncc-wch.org.uk
    • Hum. Reprod. 2006 Jul 1;21(7):1672-9.

    BackgroundVarious methods of sedation and analgesia have been used for pain relief during oocyte recovery during IVF.ObjectiveTo compare conscious sedation and analgesia with alternative methods for pain relief and pregnancy outcomes.MethodsWe searched the Specialised Register of the Menstrual Disorders and Subfertility Group, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, the National Research Register and Current Controlled Trials up to February 2004.ResultsTwelve trials were included. Owing to considerable heterogeneity, regarding types and dosages of sedation or analgesia used, and tools used to assess pain, a meta-analysis was attempted only in trials where appropriate data were available. Clinical pregnancy rates per woman in individual trials were comparable. Data on pain showed conflicting results.ConclusionNo single method or delivery system appeared superior for pregnancy rates and pain relief. Future studies need to be consistent in the choice of tools used to measure pain and the timing of such evaluations.

      Pubmed     Free full text   Copy Citation     Plaintext  

      Add institutional full text...

    Notes

     
    Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?
    300 characters remaining
    help        
    You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
    • Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as *italics*, _underline_ or **bold**.
    • Superscript can be denoted by <sup>text</sup> and subscript <sub>text</sub>.
    • Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines 1. 2. 3., hyphens - or asterisks *.
    • Links can be included with: [my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com)
    • Images can be included with: ![alt text](https://bestmedicaljournal.com/study_graph.jpg "Image Title Text")
    • For footnotes use [^1](This is a footnote.) inline.
    • Or use an inline reference [^1] to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document [^1]: This is a long footnote..

    hide…