Does epidural analgesia increase rate of cesarean section?;L'analgésie péridurale accroît-elle les taux de césariennes?

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Klein, Michael C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC AGENT; OXYTOCIN;

ANALGESIA; CESAREAN SECTION; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EDITORIAL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEVER; HUMAN; LABOR; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PERINEUM INJURY; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; LABOR COMPLICATION; META ANALYSIS; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33646853325     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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