Dose-dependent reduction of the minimum local analgesic concentration of bupivacaine by sufentanil for epidural analgesia in labor

Anesthesiology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 626-632

  Polley, Linda S ^b   Columb, Malachy O ^a   Wagner, Deborah S ^c   Naughton, Norah N ^c  

^a WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Analgesic potency; Dixon and Massey; Epidural opioids; Obstetric; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUFENTANIL;

EID: 0031719833     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199809000-00011     Document Type: Article

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