Intermittent epidural bolus compared with continuous epidural infusions for labor analgesia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 133-144

  George, Ronald B ^a   Allen, Terrence K ^b   Habib, Ashraf S ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINUOUS EPIDURAL INFUSION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DELIVERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERMITTENT EPIDURAL BOLUS; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; META ANALYSIS; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871987233     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182713b26     Document Type: Review

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