Anesthesia and analgesia
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Jul 2015
Review Meta AnalysisThe Effect of Adding a Background Infusion to Patient-Controlled Epidural Labor Analgesia on Labor, Maternal, and Neonatal Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
PCEA with a continuous background is associated with longer second stage and greater instrumented delivery than PCEA without a background.
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Jul 2015
Controlled Clinical TrialThe ED90 of Prophylactic Oxytocin Infusion After Delivery of the Placenta During Cesarean Delivery in Laboring Compared with Nonlaboring Women: An Up-Down Sequential Allocation Dose-Response Study.
Labouring women already exposed to oxytocin require a higher dose of oxytocin after cesarean section than non-labouring women to achieve the same uterotonic effect.
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