Patient-controlled epidural analgesia for labor pain: Effect on labor, delivery and neonatal outcome of 0.125% bupivacaine vs 0.2% ropivacaine

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-10

  Evron, Shmuel ^a   Glezerman, Marek ^a   Sadan, Oscar ^a   Boaz, Mona ^a   Ezri, Tiberiu ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; OXYTOCIN; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; APGAR SCORE; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; ISRAEL; LABOR; LABOR PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; MULTIPARA; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NULLIPARA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEPSIS; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

EID: 0347719647     PISSN: 0959289X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-289X(03)00092-X     Document Type: Article

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