Combined spinal epidural vs epidural labour analgesia: Does initial intrathecal analgesia reduce the subsequent minimum local analgesic concentration of epidural bupivacaine?

Anaesthesia

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 584-593

  Patel, N P ^a   Armstrong, S L ^a   Fernando, R ^a   Columb, M O ^b   Bray, J K ^c   Sodhi, V ^d   Lyons, G R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BUPIVACAINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPHEDRINE; FEMALE; FENTANYL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MOVEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 84860833813     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2011.07045.x     Document Type: Article

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