Serum bupivacaine concentrations and transplacental transfer following repeated epidural administrations in term parturients during labour

Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 365-370

  Decocq, G ^a,b   Brazier, M ^b   Hary, L ^a   Hubau, C ^b   Fortaine, M R ^a   Gondry, J ^a   Andrejak M ^a  

^a CHU hôpital Sud   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

Author keywords

Bupivacaine; Epidural analgesia; Parturient women; Repeated injections; Serum concentrations; Transplacental transfer

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; FETUS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABOR; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PLASMA CLEARANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL VEIN;

EID: 0030744773     PISSN: 07673981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.1997.tb00850.x     Document Type: Article

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