Epidural clonidine added to a bupivacaine infusion increases analgesic duration in labor without adverse maternal or fetal effects

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 142-147

  Parker, Robert K ^a   Connelly, Neil Roy ^a   Lucas, Tanya ^a   Serban, Stelian ^a   Pristas, Rene ^a   Berman, Evan ^a   Gibson, Charles ^a  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory; Analgesia clonidine; Analgesia epidural; Anesthesia obstetrical; Epidural

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; EPHEDRINE; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LABOR INDUCTION; LABOR PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MONOTHERAPY; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; NAUSEA; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESICS; APGAR SCORE; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247876086     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-006-0476-8     Document Type: Article

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