International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 207-214 , July 2009

Effects of epidural clonidine and neostigmine following intrathecal labour analgesia: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

  • M. Van de Velde

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Marc Van de Velde, MD, PhD., Director Obstetric Anaesthesia and Extra Muros Anaesthesia, Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, B - 3000 Leuven, Belgium. Tel.: 0032 16 34 42 70; fax: 0032 16 34 42 45.
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  • N. Berends

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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  • A. Kumar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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  • S. Devroe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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  • R. Devlieger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospitals Leuven, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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  • E. Vandermeersch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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  • F. De Buck

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

,Accepted 7 January 2009.

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☆ This work was previously presented at the European Society of Anaesthesiologists (ESA) annual meeting, June 2006, Madrid, Spain.

PII: S0959-289X(09)00009-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2009.01.003

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 207-214 , July 2009

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