Long-term effects of epidural analgesia in labor: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing High Dose with Two Mobile Techniques

Birth

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 105-110

  Wilson, Matthew J A ^a   Moore, Phillip A S ^b   Shennan, Andrew ^c   Lancashire, Robert J ^d   MacArthur, Christine ^d  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Backache; Combined spinal epidural; Epidural; Long term; Mobile

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; METHODOLOGY; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BACK PAIN; BUPIVACAINE; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR PAIN; LIDOCAINE; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 79956215227     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2010.00466.x     Document Type: Article

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