A randomized controlled comparison of epidural analgesia and combined spinal-epidural analgesia in a private practice setting: Pain scores during first and second stages of labor and at delivery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 636-643

  Gambling, David ^a   Berkowitz, Jonathan ^b   Farrell, Thomas R ^c   Pue, Alex ^a   Shay, Dennis ^a  

^a SHARP HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Anesthesia Services Medical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; COMBINED SPINAL EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABOR PAIN; LABOR STAGE 1; MATERNITY WARD; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIVATE PRACTICE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876684343     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31827e4e29     Document Type: Article

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