Continuous patient-controlled epidural infusion of levobupivacaine plus sufentanil in labouring primiparous women: Effects of concentration*

Anaesthesia

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 573-580

  Tixier, S ^a,b   Bonnin, M ^a   Bolandard, F ^a   Vernis, L ^a   Lavergne, B ^a   Bazin, J E ^a,c   Duale C ^b,c,d,e  

^a HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^b SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CLERMONT FERRAND   (France)

^e INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOBUPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PRIMIPARA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUFENTANIL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952284010     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2010.06369.x     Document Type: Article

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