A randomized double-blinded study assessing the dose-response of ropivacaine with dexmedetomidine for maintenance of labor with epidural analgesia in nulliparous parturients

• Main Authors: Yao-Hua Shen (Author), Dan M. Drzymalski (Author), Bin-Xiang Zhu (Author), Su-Feng Lin (Author), Fang-Qin Tu (Author), Bei Shen (Author), Fei Xiao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The combination of ropivacaine and dexmedetomidine has been used as an epidural analgesic for inducing labor. However, there is limited data regarding the administration of epidural analgesia for labor maintenance, hence, this study aimed to determine the optimum concentration through do...