Timing of intravenous patient-controlled remifentanil bolus during early labour

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 486-494

  Volmanen, Petri V E ^a   Akural, E I ^b   Raudaskoski, T ^b   Ranta, P ^b   Tekay, A ^b   Ohtonen, P ^b   Alahuhta, S ^b  

^a LAPLAND CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; REMIFENTANIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; LABOR STAGE; NAUSEA; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; APGAR SCORE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PIPERIDINES; PREGNANCY; UTERINE CONTRACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952610982     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2010.02390.x     Document Type: Article

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