Efficacy and side effect profile of varying doses of intrathecal fentanyl added to bupivacaine for labor analgesia

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-24

  Wong, Cynthia A ^a   Scavone, B M ^a   Slavenas, J P ^a   Vidovich, M I ^a   Peaceman, A M ^a   Ganchiff, J N ^a   Strauss Hoder, T ^a   McCarthy, R J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRURITUS; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

EID: 0346458921     PISSN: 0959289X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-289X(03)00106-7     Document Type: Article

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