Leg elevation and wrapping in the prevention of hypotension following spinal anaesthesia for elective Caesarean section

Anaesthesia

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 304-308

  ROUT, C C ^a   ROCKE, D A ^a   GOUWS, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Anaesthetic techniques; Complications; hypotension; obstetric; regional; spinal

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; EPHEDRINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEG COMPRESSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; BANDAGES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPHEDRINE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LEG; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTURE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0027285197     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1993.tb06948.x     Document Type: Article

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