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Overview of opioids administered for neuraxial anesthesia (NA) The bold numbers listed in column “n” indicate the number of women who received morphine.
| Substances and Combinations | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | Morphine | Fentanyl | Sufentanil | |
| 2735 | 52.8 | No | yes | no | |
| 532 | 10.3 | Yes | yes | no | |
| 285 | 5.5 | No | no | yes | |
| 242 | 4.7 | Yes | no | yes | |
| 142 | 2.8 | Yes | no | no | |
| 38 | 0.7 | other opioid combinations | |||
| 1212 | 23.4 | no NA or with local anesthetics only | |||
| total: | 5182 | 100 | 922 (17.8%) | 3275 (63.2%) | 537 (10.4%) |
