Epidural and other labor analgesic methods

Drugs of Today

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 525-536

  Thorp, James A ^a,b   Murphy Dellos, Laura ^c  

^a Saint Luke's Perinatal Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; BUTORPHANOL; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; MORPHINE; NALBUPHINE; PETHIDINE;

ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; HYPNOSIS; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NERVE STIMULATION; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PARACERVICAL BLOCK; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0031855198     PISSN: 16993993     EISSN: 16994019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/dot.1998.34.6.485249     Document Type: Review

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