A Comparison of Duration of Analgesia of Intrathecal 2.5 mg of Bupivacaine, Ropivacaine, and Levobupivacaine in Combined Spinal Epidural Analgesia for Patients in Labor

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 235-239

  Lim, Yvonne ^a   Ocampo, Cecilia E ^a   Sia, Alex T ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIA DURATION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG POTENCY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NAUSEA; NERVE BLOCK; NULLIPARA; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SHIVERING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0346102649     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000094338.80430.C5     Document Type: Article

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