Nitrous oxide for the management of labor pain: A systematic review

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 153-167

  Likis, Frances E ^a   Andrews, Jeffrey C ^a,b   Collins, Michelle R ^a   Lewis, Rashonda M ^a,b   Seroogy, Jeffrey J ^a   Starr, Sarah A ^b   Walden, Rachel R ^b   McPheeters, Melissa L ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CYCLOPROPANE; DESFLURANE; DIAMORPHINE; ENFLURANE; FENTANYL; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; METHOXYFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; PETHIDINE; PLACEBO; PROMAZINE; SEVOFLURANE; STERILE WATER; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANALGESIA; APGAR SCORE; BREATHING; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FACE MASK; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; LABOR PAIN; META ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NERVE BLOCK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARACERVICAL BLOCK; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 84891784679     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182a7f73c     Document Type: Review

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