A comparison of minimum local anesthetic volumes and doses of epidural bupivacaine (0.125% w/v and 0.25% w/v) for analgesia in labor

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 412-415

  Lyons, Gordon R ^a   Kocarev, Mitko G ^a   Wilson, Rowan C ^a   Columb, Malachy O ^b  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR PAIN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33846452143     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000252458.20912.ef     Document Type: Article

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