Neurobehavioural responses of the newborn. The effect of different forms of maternal analgesia.
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.
D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical; D002045:Bupivacaine; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008614:Meperidine / Q000009:adverse effects; D009129:Muscle Tonus / Q000187:drug effects; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011395:Promazine / Q000009:adverse effects
D008614:Meperidine; D011395:Promazine; D002045:Bupivacaine