A comparison of intramuscular diamorphine and intramuscular pethidine for labour analgesia: A two-centre randomised blinded controlled trial

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 447-456

  Wee, M Y K ^a   Tuckey, J P ^b   Thomas, P W ^c   Burnard, S ^b  

^a POOLE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diamorphine; labour analgesia; meperidine; opiate; pethidine

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; PETHIDINE;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPHORIA; FEEDING DIFFICULTY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR DURATION; LABOR PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; NEWBORN DISEASE; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGICAL CRYING; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESUSCITATION; SEDATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

DIAMORPHINE; LABOUR ANALGESIA; MEPERIDINE; OPIATE; PETHIDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HEROIN; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LABOR PAIN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEPERIDINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894246863     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12532     Document Type: Article

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