Epidural and spinal anaesthesia in labour

Current Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 67-73

  Lewis, M ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BETA ENDORPHIN; BICARBONATE; BUPIVACAINE; CAFFEINE; CATECHOLAMINE; EPHEDRINE; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; OPIATE;

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DELIVERY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG INDICATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABOR; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 0029773629     PISSN: 09575847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0957-5847(96)80018-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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