Comparison of three different doses of intrathecal fentanyl and sufentanil for labor analgesia

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 488-493

  Gaiser, Robert R ^a,b,c   Cheek, Theodore G ^a,b   Gutsche, Brett B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Department of Anesthesia and Pharmacology ^*

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia, labor; Fentanyl, intrathecal; Pruritis; Sufentanil, intrathecal

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; SUFENTANIL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PUERPERIUM;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SUFENTANIL;

EID: 0032169798     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(98)00076-2     Document Type: Article

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