Intrathecal ropivacaine for labor analgesia: A comparison with bupivacaine

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 624-627

  Levin, Aaron ^a   Datta, Sanjay ^a   Camann, William R ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; EPHEDRINE; ROPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL; SUFENTANIL CITRATE;

ADULT; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABOR; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0031684832     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-199809000-00025     Document Type: Article

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