A comparison of multiport and uniport epidural catheters in laboring patients

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1276-1279

  D'Angelo, Robert ^a,c   Foss, Michael L ^a   Livesay, Christopher H ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; LABOR; MATERNAL BLOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0030927310     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199706000-00019     Document Type: Article

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