Effect of epidural vs parenteral opioid analgesia on the progress of labor. A meta-analysis

JAMA

Volumn 280, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 2105-2110

  Halpern, Stephen H ^a,b   Leighton, Barbara L ^a   Ohlsson, Arne ^a   Barrett, Jon F R ^a   Rice, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PARENTERAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0032583533     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.280.24.2105     Document Type: Review

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