A randomized trial of maximum cephalad sensory blockade with single-shot spinal compared with combined spinal-epidural techniques for cesarean delivery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 240-245

  Horstman, Damian J ^a   Riley, Edward T ^a   Carvalho, Brendan ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; MORPHINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABOR; NERVE BLOCK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSOR; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TOUCH; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PAIN THRESHOLD; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK; BLOOD PRESSURE; BUPIVACAINE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CESAREAN SECTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MORPHINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHENYLEPHRINE; PREGNANCY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SYMPATHOMIMETICS;

EID: 58749083046     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e31818e0fa6     Document Type: Article

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