The use of remifentanil in general anaesthesia for Caesarean section in a patient with mitral valve disease

Anaesthesia

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 695-697

  Scott, H ^a   Bateman, C ^a   Price, M ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analgesics; remifentanil; Complications; mitral valve disease; Surgery; Caesarean section

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC AGENT; REMIFENTANIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PREECLAMPSIA;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; CESAREAN SECTION; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PIPERIDINES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 0031878026     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1998.490-az0564.x     Document Type: Article

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