A multicentre trial comparing different concentrations of ropivacaine plus sufentanil with bupivacaine plus sufentanil for patient-controlled epidural analgesia in labour

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 38-45

  Gogarten, W ^a   Van De Velde, M ^b   Soetens, F ^c   Van Aken, Hugo ^a   Brodner, G ^a   Gramke, H F ^a   Soetens, M ^c   Marcus, M A E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Sint Elisabethziekenhuis Turnhout   (Belgium)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anaesthetics, Local; Analgesia, Epidural; Analgesia, Patient controlled; Narcotics, sufentanil; Obstetrics; Pregnancy; Ropivacaine, bupivacaine

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BLOOD; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PRURITUS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SHIVERING; SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; AMIDES; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CESAREAN SECTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; SUFENTANIL;

EID: 0347993943     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021504001073     Document Type: Article

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