The Impact of Preoperative Aromatherapy Upon Time to First Analgesia Request After Cesarean Section

The Impact of Preoperative Aromatherapy Upon Time to First Analgesia Request and Consumption After Cesarean Section; Randomized Clinical Trial

one of the main aims of anesthesia is to reduce postoperative pain. However, many drugs that are used for this purpose, especially opioids, have side effects such as respiratory distress, nausea, itching, and gastrointestinal bleeding

. Recent studies have indicated interest in using complementary therapies such as heat and cold therapy, hypnotism.

Pain is amongst the most common problems after surgery

(1). Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience, which is associated with the real or probably damage of tissue. Unrelieved postoperative pain in addition to creating fears in the surgical patients, it makes adverse psychological impact on them

• The uncontrolled postoperative pain will make a lot of acute and chronic effects, including systemic mediators, hypercoagulability, postoperative immunosuppression, and delayed wound healing
• So, one of the main aims of anesthesia is to reduce postoperative pain. However, many drugs that are used for this purpose, especially opioids, have side effects such as respiratory distress, nausea, itching, and gastrointestinal bleeding. Recent studies have indicated interest in using complementary therapies such as heat and cold therapy, hypnotism.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age between 20 and 40 years
• Body mass index (BMI) of 18-35 kg/m2
• Patients with the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I/II,
• Patients scheduled for elective cesarean section.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient refusal

  • Allergy to local anaesthetics
  • Anosmia
  • Coagulopathy,
  • Chronic pain syndromes
  • Prolonged opioid medication
  • Patients who received any analgesic 24 h before surgery.