Comparison of 0.25% Ropivacaine and bupivacaine for epidural analgesia for labor and vaginal delivery

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 564-568

  Gaiser, Robert R ^a   Venkateswaren, Prema ^b   Cheek, Theodore G ^a   Persiley, Eric ^a   Buxbaum, Jodie ^a   Hedge, James ^c   Joyce, Thomas H ^a   Gutsche, Brett B ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Astra USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia, epidural; Bupivacaine; Labor; Neonatal effects; Ropivacaine

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; HUMAN; LABOR; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AMIDES; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0030820942     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(97)00145-1     Document Type: Article

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