BU Research Blog

Research by staff from BU’s Clinical Research Unit (BUCRU) and Poole Hospital has been chosen by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) as a case study to illustrate the benefits of patient and public involvement in NIHR trials.

The trial looking at pain relief in labour, compared diamorphine and pethidine and found that on average diamorphine can prolong labour by nearly 1.5 hours but provides slightly better pain relief than pethidine particularly in the first hour after administration.

You can read the case study here and access the full article here.