Systemic remifentanil for labor analgesia

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1925-1929

  Hinova, Anelia ^a   Fernando, Roshan ^b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL DERIVATIVE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; NITROUS OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; OPIATE; PETHIDINE; REMIFENTANIL;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELIVERY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG PENETRATION; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOVENTILATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; OXYGEN DESATURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION DISORDER; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 73949105224     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181c03e0c     Document Type: Review

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