A randomized comparison of programmed intermittent epidural bolus with continuous epidural infusion for labor analgesia

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 904-909

  Wong, Cynthia A ^a,b   Ratliff, John T ^a   Sullivan, John T ^a   Scavone, Barbara M ^a   Toledo, Paloma ^a   McCarthy, Robert J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINUOUS EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; DRUG UTILIZATION; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; LABOR PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPARA; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

EID: 33644548349     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000197778.57615.1a     Document Type: Article

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