Neuraxial analgesia effects on labour progression: Facts, fallacies, uncertainties and the future

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 288-293

  Grant, E N ^a   Tao, W ^a   Craig, M ^a   McIntire, D ^b   Leveno, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; epidural; labour; neuraxial

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT;

CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSTOCIA; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FUTUROLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; JOINT MOBILITY; LABOR; LABOR PAIN; LABOR STAGE 1; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERUS CONTRACTION; BIRTH; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR PAIN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PARTURITION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84922696341     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12966     Document Type: Review

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