The effect of epidural test dose on motor function after a combined spinal-epidural technique for labor analgesia

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1167-1172

  Calimaran, Arthur L ^a   Strauss Hoder, Tina P ^a   Wang, Warren Y ^a   McCarthy, Robert J ^a   Wong, Cynthia A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRENGTH; VIBRATION SENSE;

EID: 0037378631     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000054204.11293.3C     Document Type: Article

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