Dural puncture with a 27-gauge whitacre needle as part of a combined spinal-epidural technique does not improve labor epidural catheter function

Anesthesiology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1046-1051

  Thomas, John A ^b   Pan, Peter H ^a   Harris, Lynne C ^b   Owen, Medge D ^b   D'Angelo, Robert ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; EPHEDRINE; FENTANYL DERIVATIVE; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFORMED CONSENT; LABOR; LABOR PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27644559382     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200511000-00019     Document Type: Article

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