Combined spinal epidural or traditional epidural technique: Who wins?

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 515-516

  Booth, Jessica L ^a   Pan, Peter H ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE;

ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIST; COMBINED SPINAL EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; DELIVERY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; EDITORIAL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EPIDURAL NEEDLE; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; NERVE FIBER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIVATE PRACTICE;

EID: 84876539708     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e318280e298     Document Type: Editorial

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