European journal of anaesthesiology
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Comment Letter Comparative Study
Epidural anaesthesia for pain relief in labour.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
General anaesthesia or spinal anaesthesia for outpatient urological surgery.
A variety of drugs and techniques have been introduced into ambulatory anaesthesia. The technique as well as the drugs used may hasten or delay home discharge. We compared recovery profiles and side-effects of spinal anaesthesia and total intravenous anaesthesia. ⋯ In healthy unpremedicated men undergoing minor urological operations, total intravenous anaesthesia with remifentanil and propofol provided as safe and effective anaesthesia as spinal block with the advantage of earlier home readiness.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Epidural levobupivacaine, ropivacaine and bupivacaine in combination with sufentanil in early labour: a randomized trial.
To evaluate the efficacy, delay and duration of analgesia of three equianalgesic epidural doses of levobupivacaine, ropivacaine and bupivacaine during the first stage of labour. ⋯ During early labour, equipotent low concentrations of levobupivacaine, ropivacaine and bupivacaine, all with the addition of sufentanil 10 microg, produced similar pain relief and motor block, but levobupivacaine and ropivacaine produced a longer lasting analgesia. About 10% of parturients had inadequate analgesia with a single bolus of the tested solutions.