Labour analgesia with intrathecal fentanyl decreases maternal stress

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 605-609

  Cascio, Martin ^a   Pygon, Bernard ^a   Bernett, Cathleen ^a   Ramanathan, Sivam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; STRESS;

EID: 0030865512     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03015443     Document Type: Article

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