The effect of early epidural block administration on the progression and outcome of labor

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 161-164

  Luxman, D ^a,b   Wolman, I ^a,b   Groutz, A ^a,b   Cohen, J R ^a,b   Lottan, M ^a,b   Pauzner, D ^a,b   David, M P ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LABOR; NORMAL HUMAN; NULLIPARA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

EID: 0031879889     PISSN: 0959289X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-289X(98)80004-6     Document Type: Article

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