Evaluation of cerebral perfusion pressure changes in laboring women: Effects of epidural anesthesia

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 393-396

  Williams, K P ^a,b   Wilson, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebral perfusion pressure; Cerebrovascular resistance; Epidural anesthesia; Labor; Maternal cerebral hemodynamics

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; LABOR STAGE, SECOND; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PAIN; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; UTERINE CONTRACTION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0033376009     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1999.14060393.x     Document Type: Article

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