Is transcutaneous electrical stimulation a realistic surrogate for genuine surgical stimulation during spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery?

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1477-1481

  Zaidi, Asif S H ^a   Russell, Ian F ^a  

^a HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOME; ELECTROANESTHESIA; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SENSATION; SKIN STIMULATION; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TOUCH; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 17744381400     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000156219.47961.74     Document Type: Article

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