Epidural neostigmine and clonidine improves the quality of combined spinal epidural analgesia in labour: A randomised, double-blind controlled trial

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 190-196

  Boogmans, Thomas ^a   Vertommen, Jan ^a   Valkenborgh, Tom ^b   Devroe, Sarah ^a   Roofthooft, Eva ^c   Van De Velde, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Maria Middelares Hospital   (Belgium)

^c Queen Paola Children's Hospital ZNA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; NEOSTIGMINE; PLACEBO; ROPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BREAKTHROUGH PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; LABOR; LABOR MANAGEMENT; LABOR PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AMIDES; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BREAKTHROUGH PAIN; CLONIDINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LABOR PAIN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; NEOSTIGMINE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; SUFENTANIL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898723803     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e32836249e9     Document Type: Article

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