Epidural lidocaine-bicarbonate-adrenaline vs levobupivacaine for emergency Caesarean section: A randomised controlled trial

Anaesthesia

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 243-249

  Allam, J ^a   Malhotra, S ^a,b   Hemingway, C ^a   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

ADRENALIN; ALFENTANIL; BICARBONATE; BUPIVACAINE; CYCLIZINE; DIAMORPHINE; FENTANYL; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; OPIATE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANALYTIC METHOD; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; BICARBONATES; BUPIVACAINE; CESAREAN SECTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMERGENCIES; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 39149131328     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05342.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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