Hemodynamic effects of simultaneous administration of intravenous ephedrine and spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 378-382

  Tsen, Lawrence C ^a,b   Boosalis, Peter ^b   Segal, Scott ^a   Datta, Sanjay ^a   Bader, Angela M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia, spinal; Bioimpediance, thoracic, noninvasive; Cesarean section; Ephedrine, intravenous, prophylactic

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; EPHEDRINE; FENTANYL; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEART INDEX; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0033819256     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(00)00176-8     Document Type: Article

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