A randomised comparison of intravenous remifentanil patient-controlled analgesia with epidural ropivacaine/sufentanil during labour

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 118-123

  Douma, M R ^a   Middeldorp, J M ^a   Verwey, R A ^b   Dahan, A ^a   Stienstra, R ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^c Sint Maartenskliniek ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Analgesia: epdiural; obstetric, patient controlled; Remifentanil

Indexed keywords

REMIFENTANIL; ROPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; BREATHING RATE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LABOR PAIN; LABOR STAGE; LOADING DRUG DOSE; NAUSEA; NEMALINE MYOPATHY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AMIDES; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; OXYGEN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PIPERIDINES; PREGNANCY; SUFENTANIL;

EID: 79953310291     PISSN: 0959289X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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