Effectiveness of intravenous meperidine for pain relief in the first stage of labour

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1169-1175

  Soontrapa, Sukree ^a   Komwilaisak, Ratana ^a   Somboonporn, Woraluk ^a   Sookpanya, Sakuntala ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Labour Pain; Meperidine; Pain Relief

Indexed keywords

NALOXONE; PETHIDINE; PROMETHAZINE;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MEPERIDINE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036880940     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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