Regional anesthesia and analgesia for labor and delivery

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 348, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 319-332

  Eltzschig, Holger K ^a,b   Lieberman, Ellice S ^a   Camann, William R ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DELIVERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LABOR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PAIN; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0037461596     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra021276     Document Type: Review

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