The effects of maternal labour analgesia on the fetus

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 289-302

  Reynolds, Felicity ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

breast feeding; epidural analgesia; labour analgesia; local anaesthetics; neonatal welfare; neuraxial analgesia; opioids; pethidine; umbilical artery acid base balance

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BUPIVACAINE; BUTORPHANOL; DIAMORPHINE; FENTANYL; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; MEPTAZINOL; MORPHINE; NALBUPHINE; NALOXONE; NITROUS OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; NORPETHIDINE; OPIATE; PENTAZOCINE; PETHIDINE; REMIFENTANIL; ROPIVACAINE; SCOPOLAMINE; TRAMADOL; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ACID BASE BALANCE; APGAR SCORE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD PLACENTA BARRIER; BREAST FEEDING; BREATHING MECHANICS; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; COGNITION; DEEP SEDATION; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS OUTCOME; FEVER; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LABOR PAIN; LABOR STAGE 2; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE FIBER; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TACHYPHYLAXIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISORDERS OF ACID BASE BALANCE; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ACID-BASE IMBALANCE; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; APGAR SCORE; BREAST FEEDING; DEPRESSION, CHEMICAL; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY;

EID: 77956621986     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2009.11.003     Document Type: Review

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