Perfusion Index and Labor Analgesia

Can the Perfusion Index be Used as an Objective Instrument for the Assessment of Pain in the Labor Analgesia?

It can be suggested that sympathetic tonus increase and pain, caused by the removal of the effect of epidural analgesia applied at birth, may also affect perfüsion index. The purpose of this study is; To correlate the VAS value at the time of return of epidural analgesia with the PI values at that time and, to test the possibility of using PI variants as an objective tool for predicting pain initiation time and assessing pain.

Inclusion Criteria:

• women who will give normal spontaneous vaginal delivery
• Between the ages of 18-45

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who do not accept the procedure,
• those under 18 years of age - over 45 years,
• those with low platelet counts,
• those with infection at the puncture site,
• those with progressive neurological disease,
• Those with increased intracranial pressure,
• those with hypovolemia