Neonatal welfare and placental transfer of fentanyl and bupivacaine during ambulatory combined spinal epidural analgesia for labour

Anaesthesia

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 517-524

  Fernando, R ^a,c   Bonello, E ^b   Gill, P ^a   Urquhart, J ^a   Reynolds, F ^b   Morgan, B ^a  

^a QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; obstetric; Anaesthetic techniques, regional; epidural, spinal; Analgesics; fentanyl

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELIVERY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT WELFARE; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABOR; MATERNAL BLOOD; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 0030906278     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1997.154-az0160.x     Document Type: Article

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