Epidural analgesia for labour and delivery in a parturient with congenital hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-62

  Paix, B ^a   Cyna, A ^a   Belperio, P ^a   Simmons, S ^a  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia obstetric: epidural catheter, infusion, hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy; Analgesics: ropivacaine, bupivacaine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DELIVERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; LABOR; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; STRESS; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0033017105     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x9902700112     Document Type: Article

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