Tests to evaluate intravenous placement of epidural catheters in laboring women: A prospective clinical study

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 985-988

  Colonna Romano, Pietro ^a,b   Nagaraj, Lingaraju ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASTE DISORDER; TINNITUS;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; CATHETERIZATION; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 0031960817     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199805000-00013     Document Type: Article

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