Comparison of midwife top-ups, continuous infusion and patient-controlled epidural analgesia for maintaining mobility after a low-dose combined spinal-epidural

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 233-236

  Collis, R E ^a,b   Plaat, F S ^b   Morgan, B M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analgesia, obstetric; Analgesia, patient controlled; Analgesic techniques, epidural; Analgesic techniques, subarachnoid

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDWIFE; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 0032908045     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/82.2.233     Document Type: Article

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