Analgesic efficacy of intramuscular opioids versus epidural analgesia in labor

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-27

  Jain, S ^a   Arya, V K ^a   Gopalan, S ^a   Jain, V ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Epidural analgesia; Labor analgesia; Meperidine; Tramadol

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; OPIATE; PETHIDINE; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTENSION; LABOR PAIN; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; NULLIPARA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; URINE RETENTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0141849038     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7292(03)00201-7     Document Type: Article

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