Patient-controlled intravenous analgesia as an alternative to epidural analgesia during labor: Questioning the use of the short-acting opioid Remifentanil Survey in the French part of Belgium (Wallonia and Brussels)

Acta Anaesthesiologica Belgica

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 75-82

  Lavand'homme, Patricia ^a   Roelants, F ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Labor; Patient controlled intravenous analgesia (PCIA); Survey; Systemic opioid analgesic

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; FENTANYL; KETAMINE; MORPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; PETHIDINE; PIRITRAMIDE; REMIFENTANIL; SUFENTANIL; TRAMADOL;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG USE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR PAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; PIPERIDINES; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 67650792637     PISSN: 00015164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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