Early epidurals increase caesarean rate, meta-analysis shows [4]

British Medical Journal

Volumn 330, Issue 7494, 2005, Pages 790-

  Klein, Michael C ^a  

^a CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABOR PAIN; LETTER; META ANALYSIS; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 17144404878     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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5. Howell CJ. Epidural versus non-epidural analgesia for pain relief in labour. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2005;(1).