Serum levels of nitric oxide metabolites during labour with or without combined spinal-epidural analgesia

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 708-713

  Chen, X ^a   Qian, X ^a   Chen, H ^a   Dong, M ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia epidural; Anaesthesia spinal, combined spinal and epidural; Labour obstetric; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

FENTAINI; FENTANYL; NITRATE; NITRITE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LABOR; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRURITUS; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49149106436     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021508004298     Document Type: Article

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