Epidural analgesia and breastfeeding: A randomised controlled trial of epidural techniques with and without fentanyl and a non-epidural comparison group

Anaesthesia

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 145-153

  Wilson, M J A ^a   MacArthur, C ^b   Cooper, G M ^b   Bick, D ^c   Moore, P A S ^d   Shennan, A ^e  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; PETHIDINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; INTERVIEW; LABOR PAIN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BREAST FEEDING; BUPIVACAINE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FENTANYL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449126250     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2009.06136.x     Document Type: Article

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