Patient-controlled intravenous analgesia with remifentanil in nulliparous subjects in labor

Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 8, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 3089-3096

  Balcioglu, Okan ^a   Akin, Sule ^b   Demir, Selim ^c   Aribogan, Anis ^b  

^a DUZCE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Anesthesiology Private Dogus Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

labor; nulliparous; patient controlled analgesia; remifentanil

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; REMIFENTANIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABOR PAIN; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PARITY; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LABOR PAIN; PARITY; PIPERIDINES; PREGNANCY;

EID: 40949103659     PISSN: 14656566     EISSN: 17447666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14656566.8.18.3089     Document Type: Article

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