Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation does not augment epidural labor analgesia

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 571-575

  Tsen, Lawrence C ^a,b   Thomas, John ^a   Segal, Scott ^a,b   Datta, Sanjay ^a,b   Bader, Angela M ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Anaesthesia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia: labor; Anesthesia: obstetric; Anesthetic techniques: combined spinal epidural; Equipment and supplies: transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SURVIVAL; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0035689983     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(01)00332-4     Document Type: Article

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