Labor epidural analgesia without an intravascular 'test dose'

Anesthesiology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1495-1501

  Norris, Mark C ^a   Fogel, Steven T ^b   Dalman, Hiroko ^b   Borrenpohl, Susan ^b   Hoppe, William ^b   Riley, Alicia ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Epidural analgesia; Intravascular injection; Local anesthetics; Obstetrics; Test doses

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

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

EID: 0031777735     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199806000-00012     Document Type: Article

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