International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia
Volume 15, Issue 3 , Pages 206-211, July 2006

Patient-controlled epidural analgesia: the role of epidural fentanyl in peripartum urinary retention☆

  • S. Evron

      Affiliations

    • Obstetric Anesthesia Unit, Department of Anesthesia and Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, The Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
    • Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, The Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
    • Department of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
    • Outcomes ResearchTM Institute, Louisville, KY, USA
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  • G. Muzikant

      Affiliations

    • Obstetric Anesthesia Unit, Department of Anesthesia and Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, The Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
    • ,
  • N. Rigini

      Affiliations

    • Obstetric Anesthesia Unit, Department of Anesthesia and Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, The Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
    • ,
  • V. Khazin

      Affiliations

    • Obstetric Anesthesia Unit, Department of Anesthesia and Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, The Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
    • ,
  • D.I. Sessler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
    • Outcomes ResearchTM Institute, Louisville, KY, USA
    • ,
  • O. Sadan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, The Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
    • ,
  • T. Ezri

      Affiliations

    • Obstetric Anesthesia Unit, Department of Anesthesia and Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, The Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
    • Outcomes ResearchTM Institute, Louisville, KY, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Tiberiu Ezri, MD, Head, Department of Anesthesia, Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, 58100, Israel. Tel.: +972 3 5028229; fax: +972 3 5028218.
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Accepted 27 October 2005.

S. Evron MD,a,d G. Muzikant MD,a N. Rigini MD,a V. Khazin MD,a D.I. Sessler MD,c,d O. Sadan MD,b T. Ezri MD,a,d, aObstetric Anesthesia Unit, Department of Anesthesia and bDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecology, The Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University; cDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology, University of Louisville and dOutcomes ResearchTM Institute, Louisville, KY, USA.

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☆ Supported by NIH Grant GM 061655 (Bethesda, MD), the Gheens Foundation (Louisville, KY), the Joseph Drown Foundation (Los Angeles, CA), and the Commonwealth of Kentucky Research Challenge Trust Fund (Louisville, KY). None of the authors has any personal financial interests related to this work.

PII: S0959-289X(06)00010-0

doi:10.1016/j.ijoa.2005.10.019

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia
Volume 15, Issue 3 , Pages 206-211, July 2006

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