A comparative study of the safety and efficacy of 0.5% levobupivacaine and 0.5% bupivacaine for epidural anesthesia in subjects undergoing elective Caesarean section

Acta Anaesthesiologica Sinica

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 13-20

  Cheng, Ching Rong ^a   Su, Tsung Hsien ^a   Hung, Yu Chun ^a   Wang, Pu Tsui ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anesthesia, epidural; Anesthetics, local: levobupivacaine, bupivacaine; Cesarean section

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PH; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENANTIOMER; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MATERNAL BLOOD; MATERNAL CARE; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NERVE BLOCK; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RACEMIC MIXTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SHIVERING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIWAN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CESAREAN SECTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0036114655     PISSN: 02541319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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