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Neurobehavioural responses of the newborn
Author(s) -
CORKE B.C.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1977.tb10001.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pethidine , bupivacaine , anesthesia , lumbar , promazine , pediatrics , surgery , chlorpromazine , analgesic
A neurobehavioural assessment made of infants within 4 hours of delivery revealed that infants born to mothers receiving pethidine and promazine showed significantly worse overall scores than babies of mothers receiving either no analgesia or a lumbar epidural using bupivacaine.