Acute airway obstruction during spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 267-270

  Buggy, D J ^a,b   Hughes, N ^a  

^a Tallaght and Coombe Women's and Infant's University Hospital   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; POLYGELINE;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY POSITION; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYDRATION; LABOR; PLACENTA PREVIA; RASH; SITTING; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 0031757478     PISSN: 0959289X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-289X(98)80051-4     Document Type: Article

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