Epidural anesthesia: Views and outcomes of women in labor in a Nigerian hospital

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 250-256

  Fyneface Ogan, S ^a   Mato, C N ^a   Anya, S E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE GAMBIA   (Gambia)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Epidural; Labor; Views; Women

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; OPIATE; PENTAZOCINE; PROMETHAZINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; NIGERIA; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BUPIVACAINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LABOR PAIN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; NIGERIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENTAZOCINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77249152224     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 09755764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.59580     Document Type: Article

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