Intrathecal clonidine prolongs labour analgesia but worsens fetal outcome: A pilot study

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 696-701

  Missant, Carlo ^a   Teunkens, An ^a   Vandermeersch, Eugene ^a   Van de Velde, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; EPHEDRINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; OPIATE; ROPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS OUTCOME; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LABOR PAIN; MATERNAL DISEASE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NAUSEA; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UMBILICAL ARTERY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 7044231292     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03018428     Document Type: Article

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