Spinal anaesthesia for Caesarean section in a patient with systemic sclerosis

Anaesthesia

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 355-358

  Bailey, A R ^a   Wolmarans, M ^a   Rhodes, S ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia technique, regional; spinal; Anaesthesia; obstetric; Complications; systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIMIGRAVIDA; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; CESAREAN SECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 0032917030     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1999.00751.x     Document Type: Article

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