Epidural ropivacaine 1% with and without sufentanil addition for Caesarean section

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 525-531

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

^a KLINIKUM MINDEN   (Germany)

^b St Vincentius Kliniken gAG   (Germany)

^c KLINIKUM BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; Epidural anaesthesia; Ropivacaine; Sufentanil

Indexed keywords

ROPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BRADYCARDIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SHIVERING; SIDE EFFECT; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; 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; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SUFENTANIL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16844379629     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2004.00580.x     Document Type: Article

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