Speed of onset of regional analgesia in labour: A comparison of the epidural and spinal routes

Anaesthesia

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-20

  Nickells, J S ^a   Vaughan, D J A ^a   Lillywhite, N K ^a   Loughnan, B ^a   Hasan, M ^a   Robinson, P N ^a,b  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IPSWICH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Analgesia; Epidural; Labour; Regional; Spinal

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PAIN; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESPONSE TIME; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033961979     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2000.01071.x     Document Type: Article

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