The effects of meperidine analgesia during labor on fetal heart rate

International Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-62

  Sekhavat, Leila ^a   Behdad, Shecoofah ^a  

^a Shahid Sedughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fetal heart rate; Labor analgesia; Meperidine

Indexed keywords

PETHIDINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECELERATION; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TERM BIRTH; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

EID: 77953403379     PISSN: 15509702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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