Minimum analgesic doses of fentanyl and sufentanil for epidural analgesia in the first stage of labor

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1178-1182

  Capogna, Giorgio ^a   Camorcia, Michela ^a   Columb, Malachy O ^b  

^a Casa di Cura Città di Roma ^*  (Italy)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; NAUSEA; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; VOMITING;

EID: 0037379258     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000054003.03645.CF     Document Type: Article

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