Treatment of incomplete analgesia after placement of an epidural catheter and administration of local anesthetic for women in labor

Anesthesiology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1502-1506

  Beilin, Yaakov ^a   Zahn, Jeffrey ^b   Bernstein, Howard H ^b   Zucker Pinchoff, Barbara ^b   Zenzen, Wendy J ^b   Andres, Lewis A ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Complications; Obstetrics; Pain; Regional anesthesia

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0031799732     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199806000-00013     Document Type: Article

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