Programmed intermittent epidural bolus versus continuous epidural infusion for labor analgesia: The effects on maternal motor function and labor outcome. A randomized double-blind study in nulliparous women

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 826-831

  Capogna, Giorgio ^a   Camorcia, Michela ^a   Stirparo, Silvia ^a   Farcomeni, Alessio ^a  

^a Città di Roma Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOBUPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS EPIDURAL INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABOR ONSET; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NULLIPARA; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAMMED INTERMITTENT EPIDURAL ANESTHETIC BOLUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 80053300670     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31822827b8     Document Type: Article

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