Plasma oxytocin levels in women during labor with or without epidural analgesia: A prospective study

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1033-1039

  Ahm, V A N R ^a,b   Allgren, A H ^a,b   Ogberg H H ^a,b   Urtig, I H ^c   Dlind, V O ^d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Sweden)

^c FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epidural analgesia; Labor; Oxytocin

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; OXYTOCIN; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; PARITY; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STUDENT T TEST; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036849022     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2002.811107.x     Document Type: Article

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