Neuraxial Block for Labour Analgesia - Is the Combined Spinal Epidural (CSE) Modality a Good Alternative to Conventional Epidural Analgesia?

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 464-470

  Sia, A T ^a,b   Camann, W R ^c,d   Ocampo, C E ^a   Goy, R W ^a   Tan, H M ^a   Rajammal, S ^a  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Anaesthethic Service   (Singapore)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Combined spinal epidural; Epidural; Labour

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIPARA; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PREDICTION; PRURITUS; PUERPERIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIVERING; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URINE RETENTION;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0344441812     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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