Dose-response study of Epidural ropivacaine for labor analgesia

Anesthesiology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 767-772

  Lee, Bee Beng ^a   Ngan Kee, Warwick D ^a   Wong, Eliza L Y ^a   Liu, Justina Y W ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

EID: 0035010409     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200105000-00013     Document Type: Article

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