Uniport soft-tip, open-ended catheters versus multiport firm-tipped close-ended catheters for epidural labor analgesia: A quality assurance study

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 89-93

  Jaime, Frank ^a   Mandell, Gordon L ^a   Vallejo, Manuel C ^a   Ramanathan, Sivam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Anesthetic techniques; Epidural; Epidural catheters; Equipment and supplies; Obstetric

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TECHNIQUE; VEIN PUNCTURE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; CATHETERIZATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DURA MATER; EPIDURAL SPACE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; NYLONS; PARESTHESIA; POLYURETHANES; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; STAINLESS STEEL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VEINS;

EID: 0034057530     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(00)00116-1     Document Type: Article

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