Clonidine added to bupivacaine-epinephrine-sufentanil improves epidural analgesia during childbirth

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 540-547

  Claes, Brigitte ^a   Soetens, Maurits ^b   Van Zundert, André ^c   Datta, Sanjay ^d  

^a OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Sint Elisabethziekenhuis Turnhout   (Belgium)

^c CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bupivacaine; Clonidine; Epidural anesthesia; Obstetric analgesia; Pain; Sufentanil

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; SUFENTANIL;

ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; LABOR COMPLICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SEDATION;

EID: 0031788786     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00115550-199823060-00005     Document Type: Article

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