A comparison of a basal infusion with automated mandatory boluses in parturient-controlled epidural analgesia during labor

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 673-678

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BOLUS INJECTION; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFUSION PUMP; LABOR; LABOR PAIN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOG RANK TEST; NAUSEA; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHIVERING; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SURVIVAL TIME; VOMITING;

ADULT; AMIDES; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; LABOR PAIN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847212799     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000253236.89376.60     Document Type: Article

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