Initiating extradural analgesia during labour: Comparison of three different bupivacaine concentrations used as the loading dose

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 368-374

  Harms, C ^a   Siegemund, M ^a   Marsch, S C U ^a   Surbek, D V ^b   Hosli I ^b   Schneider, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Extradural analgesia; Loading dose; Mode of delivery; Obstetric anaesthetic techniques; Pain relief; Side effects maternal, foetal, neonatal

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; EPHEDRINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0033452366     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000020961     Document Type: Article

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