Determination of the analgesic dose-response relationship for epidural fentanyl and sufentanil with bupivacaine 0.125% in Laboring patients

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 670-677

  Herman, Norman L ^b   Sheu, Kevin L ^c   Van Decar, Tama K ^a   Rubin, Joyce D ^c   Gadalla, Farida ^c   Koff, Howard D ^c   Reynolds, John E ^c  

^a Royal Air Force   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Analgesia, epidural; Analgesia, obstetrical; Bupivacaine; Dose response relationship, drug; Fentanyl; Sufentanil

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE BLOCK; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; SUFENTANIL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032415197     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(98)00113-5     Document Type: Article

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