Anaesthesia for caesarean section in a patient with an intracranial arteriovenous malformation

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 66-68

  Yih, P S W ^a   Cheong, K F ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia: obstetrics, epidural, pregnancy complications, arteriovenous, malformation, intracranial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 0033022282     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x9902700114     Document Type: Article

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