Epidural analgesia for labor and delivery

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 362, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 1503-1510

  Hawkins, Joy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALCOHOL; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BETA ENDORPHIN; BUPIVACAINE; CHLORHEXIDINE; CORTICOTROPIN; EPHEDRINE; FENTANYL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LIDOCAINE; LIPID EMULSION; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MORPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; OPIATE; OXYTOCIN; PETHIDINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; ROPIVACAINE; TERBUTALINE; WATER;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELIVERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISINFECTION; DOULA; DRUG COST; ELECTRODE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FETUS HEART; FEVER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEADACHE; HEART ARREST; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LABOR INDUCTION; LABOR PAIN; MENTAL STRESS; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; NAUSEA; NEEDLE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEWBORN DISEASE; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; NULLIPARA; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REST; SEIZURE; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; STRESS; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VASODILATATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 77951462316     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMct0909254     Document Type: Article

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