Local anesthetics and mode of delivery: Bupivacaine versus ropivacaine versus levobupivacaine

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 756-763

  Beilin, Yaakov ^a,b,c   Guinn, Nicole R ^a   Bernstein, Howard H ^a,b   Zahn, Jeff ^a   Hossain, Sabera ^b   Bodian, Carol A ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; EPHEDRINE; FENTANYL; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LABOR PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; NAUSEA; NULLIPARA; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

AMIDES; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FENTANYL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LABOR PAIN; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; LABOR STAGE, SECOND; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PARITY; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548129612     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000278131.73472.f4     Document Type: Article

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