Anesthesia for cesarean section and acid aspiration prophylaxis: A german survey

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-66

  Schneck, Hajo ^a   Scheller, Michaela ^a   Wagner, Richard ^a   Von Hundelshausen, Burkhard ^a   Kochs, Eberhard ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SODIUM; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; STOMACH EMPTYING;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0032958694     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199901000-00012     Document Type: Article

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