A double-blind comparison of 0.125% ropivacaine with sufentanil and 0.125% bupivacaine with sufentanil for epidural labor analgesia

Anesthesiology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 772-778

  Gautier, Philippe ^b   De Kock, Marc ^a   Van Steenberge, Albert ^b   Miclot, Dominique ^b   Fanard, Luc ^b   Hody, Jean Luc ^b  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Local anesthetic; Obstetric; Side effects

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; NERVE BLOCK; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0032963233     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199903000-00020     Document Type: Article

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