Comparison of intrathecal levobupivacaine with and without fentanyl in combined spinal epidural for labor analgesia

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Lim, Yvonne ^a   Sia, Alex T ^a   Ocampo, Cecilia E ^a  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Combined spinal epidural; Intrathecal; Labor analgesia; Levobupivacaine

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; FENTANYL; LEVOBUPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINED SPINAL EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LABOR PAIN; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; NAUSEA; NERVE BLOCK; NULLIPARA; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SHIVERING; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; BUPIVACAINE; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; OXYTOCIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PARTURITION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 3342924247     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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