Anesthesiologist
Tampa General Hospital
Tampa, Fla.
Guidelines for post–cesarean delivery analgesia recommend multimodal pain management protocols, which may include low-dose long-acting neuraxial opioids, scheduled nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and acetaminophen, oral opioids as needed for breakthrough pain, and use of local anesthetic techniques.1,2
The regimen used at our high-risk primary obstetric referral center for routine post–cesarean delivery