Inhaled intrapartum analgesia using a 50-50 %mixture of nitrous oxide-oxygen in a low-income hospital setting

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 286, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 627-631

  Pita, Celia P ^a   Pazmino, Sandra ^a   Vallejo, Max ^a   Salazar Pousada, Danny ^a   Hidalgo, Luis ^b   Perez Lopez, Faustino R ^c   Chedraui, Peter ^a  

^a Enrique C Sotomayor Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE SANTIAGO DE GUAYAQUIL   (Ecuador)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Delivery; Inhaled analgesia; Labor; Nitrous oxide; Pain; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; OXICALM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CEPHALIC PRESENTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELIVERY; DELIVERY TIME INTERVAL; DIZZINESS; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FACE MASK; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS OUTCOME; GRAVITY; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INHALED INTRAPARTUM ANALGESIA; LABOR PAIN; LABOR STAGE; LABOR STAGE 2; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLETON PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867985293     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-012-2359-6     Document Type: Article

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