Respiratory arrest in a parturient following intrathecal injection of sufentanil and bupivacaine

Anaesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 173-175

  Greenhalgh, C A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; obstetric; Anaesthetic techniques, regional; spinal, epidural; Analgesics; sufentanil; Complications; respiratory arrest

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; EPHEDRINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESPIRATORY ARREST; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RESUSCITATION; SUFENTANIL;

EID: 0029946013     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1996.tb07708.x     Document Type: Article

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