A randomized comparison of levobupivacaine, bupivacaine and ropivacaine with fentanyl, for labor analgesia

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 106-111

  Atienzar M C ^a   Palanca, J Ma ^a   Torres, F ^a   Borras R ^a   Gil, S ^a   Esteve, I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analgesia: obstetric, epidural; Anesthetics, local: levobupivacaine, bupivacaine, ropivacaine; Opioids: fentanyl

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LABOR; LABOR PAIN; LABOR STAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR SYSTEM; NAUSEA; NULLIPARA; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADJUVANTS, ANESTHESIA; ADULT; AMIDES; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; LABOR PAIN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40849083925     PISSN: 0959289X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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