Efficacy of patient-controlled epidural analgesia after initiation with epidural or combined spinal-epidural analgesia

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 226-230

  Sezer, O A ^a   Gunaydin, B ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bupivacaine; Epidural or spinal opioids; Fentanyl; Labor; Local anesthetics; Obstetrics; Regional analgesia: epidural, combined spinal epidural, patient controlled epidural analgesia

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; NAUSEA; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; URINE RETENTION; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; APGAR SCORE; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; LABOR STAGE, SECOND; LIDOCAINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250017725     PISSN: 0959289X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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