Analgesia in labour and fetal acid-base balance: A meta-analysis comparing epidural with systemic opioid analgesia

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1344-1353

  Reynolds, Felicity ^a   Sharma, Shiv K ^b   Seed, Paul T ^c  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; BUTORPHANOL; CHLORPROMAZINE; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; NARCOTIC AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE; OPIATE; PETHIDINE; PROMETHAZINE;

ALKALOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FETUS ACID BASE BALANCE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; UMBILICAL ARTERY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0036915251     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-0528.2002.01461.x     Document Type: Article

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