Anaesthetic management of a quadriplegic patient with severe respiratory insufficiency undergoing Caesarean section

Anaesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1043-1045

  Ahmed, A B ^a   Bogod, D G ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; obstetric; Complications; quadriplegia, respiratory insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC HYPERREFLEXIA; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PREECLAMPSIA; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

EID: 0029977899     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1996.tb15001.x     Document Type: Article

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