Continuous compared with intermittent epidural infusion on progress of labor and patient satisfaction

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 301-306

  Salim, Raed ^b   Nachum, Zohar ^b   Moscovici, Roland ^b   Lavee, Michal ^b   Shalev, Eliezer ^a  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; PETHIDINE;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABOR; NORMAL HUMAN; NULLIPARA; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

EID: 22544452987     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000171109.53832.8d     Document Type: Article

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