A Randomized Sequential Allocation Study to Determine the Minimum Effective Analgesic Concentration of Levobupivacaine and Ropivacaine in Patients Receiving Epidural Analgesia for Labor

Anesthesiology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1383-1386

  Benhamou, Dan ^a,b   Ghosh, Caroline ^a   Mercier, Frédéric J ^a  

^a Dept of Anesthesia/Intensive Care ^*

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOBUPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BOLUS INJECTION; CARCINOMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS MONITORING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LABOR PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AMIDES; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0344420339     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200312000-00022     Document Type: Article

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