"Ultra-light" patient-controlled epidural analgesia during labor: Effects of varying regimens on analgesia and physician workload

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 223-229

  Carvalho, B ^a   Cohen, S E ^a   Giarrusso, K ^a,b   Durbin, M ^a,c   Riley, E T ^a   Lipman, S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Anesthesiology Consultants Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Labor; Patient controlled epidural analgesia

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; EPHEDRINE; INFUSION FLUID; OXYTOCIN; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFUSION PUMP; LABOR; LABOR PAIN; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MOTHER; MOTIVATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SCORING SYSTEM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; VACUUM; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VOMITING; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; APGAR SCORE; BUPIVACAINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SUFENTANIL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 21644482075     PISSN: 0959289X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2005.02.003     Document Type: Article

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