Labor pain relief for parturients: We can do better

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing - 210 004, China.

Xian Wang et al. Saudi J Anaesth. 2014 Nov.

. 2014 Nov;8(Suppl 1):S4-5.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing - 210 004, China.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: None declared.

Endocrine anesthesia: A rapidly evolving anesthesia specialty.
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