Maternal factors implicated in fetal bradycardia after combined spinal epidural for labour pain

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 721-725

  Nicolet, J ^a   Miller, A ^a   Kaufman, I ^a   Guertin, M C ^b   Deschamps, A ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia obstetrical; Anaesthesia spinal; Bradycardia, fetus; Maternal factors, age, pain

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRADYCARDIA; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABOR PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARITY; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; FEMALE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; LABOR PAIN; MOTHERS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49149083542     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021508004183     Document Type: Article

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