Effect of epidural analgesia on fundal dominance during spontaneous active-phase nulliparous labor

Anesthesiology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 540-544

  Nielsen, Peter E ^a   Abouleish, Ezzat ^b   Meyer, Bruce A ^c   Parisi, Valerie M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia: epidural; Anesthetics, local: bupivacaine; Intrauterine pressure: fundal dominance; Labor: active

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAUTERINE PRESSURE; LABOR; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS CONTRACTION; ANALGESIA; CESAREAN SECTION; NOTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 0030007453     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199603000-00008     Document Type: Article

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