Advances in labor analgesia

International Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 139-154

  Wong, Cynthia A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childbirth pain; Epidural analgesia; Labor analgesia; Neuraxial analgesia

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; FENTANYL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; NALBUPHINE; NALOXONE; NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; NORADRENALIN; OPIATE; PETHIDINE; REMIFENTANIL; ROPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE; SUFENTANIL;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANXIETY; BACKACHE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOTOXICITY; CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG HALF LIFE; DYSPHORIA; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS HYPOXIA; FETUS OUTCOME; FEVER; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; HYPNOSIS; HYPOTENSION; HYPOVENTILATION; LABOR PAIN; LABOR STAGE; LABOR SUPPORT; MASSAGE; MATERNAL AGE; NAUSEA; NERVE CONDUCTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; STOMACH EMPTYING; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; URINE RETENTION; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE HYPERTONIA; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VISCERAL PAIN; VOMITING;

EID: 77953442416     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/ijwh.s4553     Document Type: Review

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