Acid aspiration prophylaxis in 288 obstetric anaesthetic departments in the United Kingdom

Anaesthesia

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 1990, Pages 776-780

  Tordoff, S G ^a   Sweeney, B P ^a  

^a POOLE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; obstetric; Complications; aspiration, prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BICARBONATE; CIMETIDINE; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; HISTAMINE; MAGNESIUM TRISILICATE; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; METOCLOPRAMIDE; RANITIDINE;

AGE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANTACIDS; CESAREAN SECTION; CITRATES; CITRIC ACID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; MAGNESIUM; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; RANITIDINE; SILICIC ACID;

EID: 0024988898     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1990.tb14455.x     Document Type: Article

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