Epidural clonidine added to a bupivacaine infusion increases analgesic duration in labor without adverse maternal or fetal effects.

Author Department

Anesthesiology

Document Type

Article, Peer-reviewed

Publication Date

2007

Abstract

PURPOSE: Many obstetric patients receiving epidural analgesia are encouraged to ambulate. This current study was designed to determine the potential for maximizing the time to first epidural supplement when adding clonidine to a 0.625 mg.ml(-1) bupivacain

Publication ISSN

0003-4975

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