Postpartum tubal ligation: Safety, timing, and other implications for anesthesia

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1269-1274

  Bucklin, Brenda A ^a   Smith, Carl V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STOMACH EMPTYING; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION;

EID: 0032737689     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-199911000-00036     Document Type: Review

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