Epidural analgesia for labour in a patient with a neural tube defect

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 816-819

  Altamimi, Y ^a   Pavy, T J G ^a  

^a KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidural analgesia; Neural tube defect; Obstetric analgesia; Spina bifida; Spinal dysraphism

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; LAMINECTOMY; NEPHRECTOMY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; REFLUX NEPHROPATHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPINA BIFIDA; SPINAL CORD CYST; SPINE SURGERY; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 33845911190     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0603400609     Document Type: Article

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