Pain and stress in the human fetus

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 205-220

  White, Michelle C ^a   Wolf, Andrew R ^b  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Analgesia; Fetus; Growth and development; Newborn; Nociceptors; Pain; Stress

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; EMLA; FENTANYL; HYDROCORTISONE; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; OPIATE; REMIFENTANIL; SUFENTANIL;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; BLOOD PLACENTA BARRIER; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SELECTIVITY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG TRANSPORT; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS RISK; FETUS SURGERY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INTENSIVE CARE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PAIN RECEPTOR; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SURGICAL STRESS;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PREGNANCY; SPINAL CORD; STRESS;

EID: 3242731386     PISSN: 15216896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpa.2003.12.011     Document Type: Review

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