Ropivacaine versus bupivacaine for epidural labor analgesia

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 482-487

  Beilin, Yaakov ^a   Halpern, Stephen ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; ETIDOCAINE; MEPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE; AMIDE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

CARDIOTOXICITY; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LABOR PAIN; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TINNITUS; VAGINAL DELIVERY; ANIMAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFECT; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMIDES; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; BUPIVACAINE; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COSTS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR PAIN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955093042     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181e3a08e     Document Type: Article

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