Cardiac arrest complicating spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 126-129

  Hawthorne, L ^a   Lyons, G ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; INOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART DILATATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; PREGNANCY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RESUSCITATION; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 0030970223     PISSN: 0959289X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-289X(97)80011-8     Document Type: Article

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