Comparison of intrathecal bupivacaine and levobupivacaine combined with opioids for Caesarean section

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3047-3054

  Bremerich, Dorothee H ^a   Fetsch, Nathalie ^b   Zwissler, Bernhard C ^b   Meininger, Dirk ^b   Gogarten, Wiebke ^c   Byhahn, Christian ^b  

^a Gait Lab Social Pediatric Centre Children's Clinic St Vincenz Hospital   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques: spinal, intrathecal; Caesarean delivery; Local anaesthetics: bupivacaine, levobupivacaine; Obstetrics; Opioids: fentanyl, sufentanil

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BUPIVACAINE; CAFEDRINE; FENTANYL; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; NALOXONE; SUFENTANIL; THEODRENALINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BIRTH; BRADYCARDIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; NAUSEA; NERVE BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SHIVERING; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; APGAR SCORE; BUPIVACAINE; CESAREAN SECTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREGNANCY; SUFENTANIL;

EID: 37749006892     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/030079907X242764     Document Type: Article

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