Controversies of labor epidural analgesia

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 969-978

  Beilin, Yaakov ^a,b   Leibowitz, Andrew B ^a   Bernstein, Howard H ^a   Abramovitz, Sharon E ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; PETHIDINE; SUFENTANIL;

BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LACTATION; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TECHNIQUE;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LACTATION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0032835678     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199910000-00028     Document Type: Review

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