Optimal dosing interval for epidural pethidine after Caesarean section

Acute Pain

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 27-31

  Lorimer, Michael R ^a,b   Pedersen, Karen ^a   Lombard, Willem ^a  

^a NATIONAL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acute pain assessment; Caesarean section; Dose interval; Epidural; Pethidine; Visual analogue scores

Indexed keywords

PETHIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG RESPONSE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0036689677     PISSN: 13660071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1366-0071(02)00007-4     Document Type: Article

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