Comparison of epidural anaesthesia with ropivacaine 0.5% and bupivacaine 0.5% for Caesarean section

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1066-1071

  Crosby, Edward ^a,e   Sandler, Alan ^b   Finucane, Brendan ^c   Writer, Desmond ^d   Reid, Dennis ^a   McKenna, Jocelyne ^a   Friedlander, M ^b   Miller, A ^c   O'Callaghan Enright, S ^c   Muir, H ^d   Shukla, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; BUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; ROPIVACAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MOTONEURON; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMIDES; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; APGAR SCORE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BUPIVACAINE; CESAREAN SECTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0032196183     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03012393     Document Type: Article

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