Ambulatory labor epidural analgesia: Bupivacaine versus ropivacaine

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1384-1389

  Campbell, David C ^a   Zwack, Rhonda M ^a   Crone, Lesley Ann L ^a   Yip, Ray W ^a  

^a ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HUMAN; LABOR; MICTURITION; MOBILIZATION; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0034040316     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200006000-00023     Document Type: Article

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