Intact proprioception and control of labour pain during epidural analgesia

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 46-50

  Abrahams, M ^a,b   Higgins, P ^a   Whyte, P ^a   Breen, P ^a   Muttu, S ^a   Gardiner, J ^a  

^a ROTUNDA HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Bupivacaine; Epidural; Fentanyl; Labor; Proprioception

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SENSATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VIBRATION; WALKING;

EID: 0032899763     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.1999.430111.x     Document Type: Article

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