Failure of epidural analgesia in obstetrics and its causes;Fallos en la analgesia epidural obstetrica y sus causas

Revista Espanola de Anestesiologia y Reanimacion

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 256-265

  Fernandez Martinez M A ^a   Ros Mora, J ^a   Villalonga Morales, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analgesia: Obstetric, epidural; Complications: Analgesic failure in obstetrics

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; HUMAN; LABOR; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; OBSTETRICS; REVIEW; SPAIN; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR PRESENTATION; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0342954835     PISSN: 00349356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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