Table C2Outcomes that were similar regardless of the intervention for women using intravenous remifentanil PCA compared with women using intramuscular pethidine

Outcome
Maternal respiratory rate less than 8 breaths per minute
Caesarean birth
Pain in labour (based on a visual analogue scale)
Maternal satisfaction
Breastfeeding within first hour of birth

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