Motor blockade is reduced with ropivacaine 0.125% for parturient- controlled epidural analgesia during labour

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1019-1023

  Sia, Alex Tiong Heng ^a   Ruban, Poopalalingam ^a   Chong, Jin Long ^a   Wong, Kahoe ^a  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LABOR COMPLICATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0033428540     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03013195     Document Type: Article

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