Acid-base state of cerebrospinal fluid during pregnancy and its effect on spread of spinal anaesthesia

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 352-355

  Hirabayashi, Y ^a   Shimizu, R ^a   Saitoh, K ^a   Fukuda, H ^a   Igarashi, T ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acid base equibrium, pH; Anaesthesia, obstetric; Anaesthetic techniques, subarachnoid; Anaesthetics local, amethocaine; Cerebrospinal fluid; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; TETRACAINE;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 0029782465     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/77.3.352     Document Type: Article

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