A multicenter, randomized, controlled trial comparing bupivacaine with ropivacaine for labor analgesia

Anesthesiology

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1431-1435

  Halpern, Stephen H ^a,f   Breen, Terrance W ^b   Campbell, David C ^c   Muir, Holly A ^b   Kronberg, Jean ^a   Nunn, Robert ^d   Fick, Gordon H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; ROPIVACAINE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABOR INDUCTION; LABOR PAIN; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMIDES; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; APGAR SCORE; BUPIVACAINE; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NERVE BLOCK; OXYTOCIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 0038443936     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200306000-00020     Document Type: Article

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