Effects of diluent volume of a single dose of epidural bupivacaine in parturients during the first stage of labor

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 134-141

  Christiaens, Frank ^a   Verborgh, Christian ^a   Dierick, Ann ^a   Camu, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bupivacaine; Epidural analgesia; Epidural anesthesia; Local anesthetics; Obstetric analgesia

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; OPIATE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOME; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE BLOCK; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0031863843     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00115550-199823020-00004     Document Type: Article

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