Attitudes to oral feeding following Caesarean section

Anaesthesia

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 292-296

  Worthington, L M ^a   Mulcahy, A J ^a   White, S ^a   Flynn, P J ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; obstetric; Feeding; postoperative

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEEDING; MIDWIFE; NUTRITION; POLICY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STARVATION; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CESAREAN SECTION; EATING; FASTING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0033026240     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1999.00740.x     Document Type: Article

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