What's new with intrathecal narcotics for labor analgesia

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 255-258

  Vasdev, Gurinder M S ^a   Keegan, Mark T ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; SUFENTANIL;

FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0031647019     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-199806000-00002     Document Type: Short Survey

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