Epidural pethidine in labour.
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Randomized controlled comparison of epidural bupivacaine versus pethidine for analgesia in labour.
We compared the incidence of Caesarean delivery in nulliparous women randomized to receive epidural analgesia with those randomized to intramuscular (i.m.) pethidine. On admission to the delivery suite in established labour, 802 nulliparae had already agreed to be randomized with respect to their first analgesia. One hundred and eighty-eight women required either no analgesia or 50% nitrous oxi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Anaesthesia
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0003-2409,1365-2044
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1980.tb05124.x