The effects of remifentanil or acetaminophen with epidural ropivacaine on body temperature during labor

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 105-111

  Evron, Shmuel ^a,c   Ezri, Tiberiu ^a,c   Protianov, Michael ^a   Muzikant, Gleb ^a   Sadan, Oscar ^a,d   Herman, Amir ^a   Szmuk, Peter ^b,c  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c Outcomes Research Group   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen; Epidural; Hyperthermia; Labor; Remifentanil

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PYROGEN; REMIFENTANIL; ROPIVACAINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; LABOR PAIN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOTHERAPY; MOUTH TEMPERATURE; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADULT; AMIDES; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PIPERIDINES; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 44449117436     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-007-0589-8     Document Type: Article

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