Pain relief using paracervical block in patients undergoing manual vacuum aspiration of uterus

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 530-534

  Egziabher, Tekle G ^a   Ruminjo, J K ^b   Sekadde Kigondu, C ^b  

^a KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PLACEBO; WATER;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CURETTAGE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INNERVATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NAUSEA; NERVE BLOCK; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARACERVICAL BLOCK; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEATING; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS; VACUUM ASPIRATION; VOMITING;

ABORTION, INCOMPLETE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CERVIX UTERI; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LIDOCAINE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM CURETTAGE;

EID: 0036825075     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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