Effects of epidural analgesia on labor length, instrumental delivery, and neonatal short-term outcome

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-47

  Hasegawa, Junichi ^a   Farina, Antonio ^a   Turchi, Giovanni ^a   Hasegawa, Yuko ^a   Zanello, Margherita ^a   Baroncini, Simonetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Duration of the delivery; Dystocia; Epidural analgesia; Instrumental delivery

Indexed keywords

LEVOBUPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LABOR; LABOR STAGE 1; LABOR STAGE 2; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; TERM BIRTH; UMBILICAL ARTERY; VACUUM EXTRACTION;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; APGAR SCORE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFANT, NEWBORN; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LINEAR MODELS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VACUUM EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL;

EID: 84874109650     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: 14388359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-012-1480-9     Document Type: Article

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