A double blinded randomised placebo‐controlled study of intramuscular pethidine for pain relief in the first stage of labour

Objective  It has recently been suggested that systemic pethidine is ineffective in relieving labour pain. This study aims to evaluate the analgesic efficacy of pethidine in labour.

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