Pain relief during labor

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 352, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 718-720

  Camann, William ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; ETHER; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; OPIATE;

APGAR SCORE; CESAREAN SECTION; EDITORIAL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PAIN; PREGNANCY;

EID: 13744255371     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe048350     Document Type: Editorial

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