International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 116-121 , April 2007

Local infiltration of epinephrine-containing lidocaine with bicarbonate reduces superficial bleeding and pain during labor epidural catheter insertion: a randomized trial

  • B. Carvalho

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Brendan Carvalho MB, BCh, FRCA, Department of Anesthesia, H3580, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA. Tel.: +1 650 861 8607; fax: +1 650 725 8544.
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  • A. Fuller
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  • C. Brummel
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  • S.E. Cohen

,Accepted 1 September 2006.

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☆ The study was conducted at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital and Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California and funded internally by the Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University School of Medicine.

☆☆ Findings from this study were presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP), May 2005, Palm Springs, California.

PII: S0959-289X(06)00196-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2006.09.006

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 116-121 , April 2007

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