Remifentanil in emergency caesarean section in pre-eclampsia complicated by thrombocytopenia and abnormal liver function

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 527-529

  Johannsen, E K ^a,b   Munro, A J ^a  

^a WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Obstetric: pre eclampsia; thrombocytopenia, liver dysfunction, remifentanil

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; REMIFENTANIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LARYNGOSCOPY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; PREECLAMPSIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0032850954     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x9902700517     Document Type: Article

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