Elevation of uterine basal tone and fetal heart rate abnormalities after labor analgesia: A randomized controlled trial

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1374-

  Landau, Ruth ^a   Carvalho, Brendan ^a   Wong, Cynthia ^a   Smiley, Richard ^a   Tsen, Lawrence ^a   Van De Velde, Marc ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; OXYTOCIN;

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRADYCARDIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FETUS HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAUTERINE PRESSURE; LETTER; MYOMETRIUM; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIDE EFFECT; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; NOTE; PREGNANCY; UTERUS CONTRACTION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; DECUBITUS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PUNCTURE; STANDARD;

ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 67649415336     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181a8909d     Document Type: Letter

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