Epidural versus non-epidural or no analgesia for pain management in labour

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Volumn 2018, Issue 5, 2018, Pages

  Anim Somuah, Millicent ^a   Smyth, Rebecca M D ^b   Cyna, Allan M ^c   Cuthbert, Anna ^d  

^a TAMESIDE AND GLOSSOP INTEGRATED CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; OXYTOCIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; APGAR SCORE; BABY; BACKACHE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL OUTCOME; DROWSINESS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABOR; LABOR PAIN; MOTHER; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PAIN INTENSITY; PATIENT SAFETY; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SHIVERING; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; STATISTICAL BIAS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URINE RETENTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; EPIDURAL ANALGESIA; FEMALE; META ANALYSIS; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LABOR PAIN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK;

EID: 84947806879     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000331.pub4     Document Type: Review

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