Pre-emptive Paracetamol for Prevention of Intraoperative Shoulder Tip Pain

Inclusion Criteria: * Healthy pregnant women (ASA II) having singleton pregnancy at term (≤ 37 weeks of gestation) aged between 18 and 40 years. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients having allergy to study drug, * gestational diabetes * cardiovascular or biliary disorders * asthma * renal impairment * preeclampsia * any chronic pain condition or trauma in the shoulder, forearms or upper limbs * patients with any contraindication to SA were excluded from the study.