Quantitative assessment of motor block in labouring women receiving epidural analgesia

Anaesthesia

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 470-476

  Graham, A C ^a   McClure, J H ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, regional: epidural; Neural block: motor; Obstetrics: labour

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FORCE TRANSDUCER; HIP; HUMAN; LABOR; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT MONITORING;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035020586     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2001.01524-6.x     Document Type: Article

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