Use of remifentanil for labor analgesia: The good and the bad [37]

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1616-1617

  Waring, Joel ^a   Mahboobi, Sohail K ^a   Tyagaraj, Kalpana ^a   Eddi, David ^a  

^a MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NALOXONE; OXYGEN; REMIFENTANIL;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; APNEA; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 11 DEFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR STAGE; LETTER; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; APNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR PAIN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PIPERIDINES; PREGNANCY;

EID: 34249096113     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000260645.48266.f1     Document Type: Letter

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