Efficacy of sufentanil addition to ropivacaine epidural anaesthesia for Caesarean section

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 532-537

  Bachmann Mennenga, Bernd ^a   Veit, G ^a   Steinicke, B ^a   Biscoping, J ^b   Heesen, M ^c  

^a KLINIKUM MINDEN   (Germany)

^b St Vincentius Kliniken   (Germany)

^c KLINIKUM BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Epidural anesthesia; Ropivacaine; Sufentanil

Indexed keywords

ROPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHIVERING; SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

ADJUVANTS, ANESTHESIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMIDES; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; APGAR SCORE; CESAREAN SECTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SUFENTANIL;

EID: 16844364645     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2005.00657.x     Document Type: Article

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