Extending low-dose epidural analgesia in labour for emergency caesarean section - A comparison of levobupivacaine with or without fentanyl

Anaesthesia

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 667-671

  Malhotra, Surbhi ^a,b   Yentis, S M ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; BUPIVACAINE; EPHEDRINE; FENTANYL; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PAIN; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POWER ANALYSIS; PRURITUS; TOUCH;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CESAREAN SECTION; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREGNANCY;

EID: 34250646200     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05096.x     Document Type: Article

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