Spinal haematoma following epidural anaesthesia in a patient with eclampsia

Anaesthesia

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 350-354

  Yuen, T S T ^a   Kua, J S W ^a   Tan, I K S ^a  

^a PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques; regional, epidural; Complications; epidural haematoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; PATIENT MONITORING; PREECLAMPSIA; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HUMANS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC;

EID: 0032942481     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1999.00705.x     Document Type: Article

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