Must we press on until a young mother dies? Remifentanil patient controlled analgesia in labour may not be suited as a " poor man's epidural"

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kranke, Peter ^a   Girard, Thierry ^b   Lavand'homme, Patricia ^c   Melber, Andrea ^d   Jokinen, Johanna ^a   Muellenbach, Ralf M ^a   Wirbelauer, Johannes ^a   Hönig, Arnd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^d Department of Anaesthesia Salem Spital ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Epidural Analgesia; Healthcare Cost; Healthcare Economics; Labour Analgesia; Labour Pain; Patient Controlled Analgesia; Patient Satisfaction; Remifentanil

Indexed keywords

PETHIDINE; REMIFENTANIL;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ARTICLE; DRUG POTENCY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT MONITORING;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; NITROUS OXIDE; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PIPERIDINES; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84879816008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-139     Document Type: Article

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