Extradural analgesia with clonidine and fentanyl compared with 0.25 % bupivacaine in the first stage of labour

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 319-321

  Buggy, D J ^a,b   MacDowell, C ^a  

^a OUR LADY OF LOURDES HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, extradural; Anaesthetics local, bupivacaine; Analgesia, obstetric; Analgesics opioid. Fentanyl; Sympathetic nervous system, clonidine

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; FENTANYL; HARTMANN SOLUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABOR; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; PREGNANCY; SYMPATHOLYTICS;

EID: 0030049106     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/76.2.319     Document Type: Article

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