A comparison between the effectiveness of epidural analgesia and parenteral pethidine during labor

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 263, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 95-98

  Sheiner, Eyal ^a   Shoham Vardi, Iliana ^b   Sheiner, Einat K ^b   Press, Fernanda ^a   Hackmon Ram, Rinat ^a   Mazor, Moshe ^a   Katz, Miriam ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Epidural analgesia; Labor; Pain; Parenteral pethidine; Visual analog scale

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; PETHIDINE; PROMETHAZINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHILDBIRTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SOMNOLENCE;

EID: 0034060163     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004040050003     Document Type: Article

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