A comparison of patient-controlled analgesia fentanyl and alfentanil for labour analgesia

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 113-119

  Morley Forster, Patricia K ^a,b   Reid, Donald W ^a   Vandeberghe, Hilde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; FENTANYL;

ADULT; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

EID: 0033916405     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03018845     Document Type: Article

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