Anaesthesia and analgesia for the critically ill parturient

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 507-522

  Rout, Christopher Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, epidural; Anaesthesia, general; Anaesthesia, obstetric; Anaesthesia, spinal; Critical illness; Heart diseases; Obstetric haemorrhage; Pre eclampsia; Pregnancy; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALFENTANIL; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTACID AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; ETOMIDATE; FENTANYL; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; KETAMINE; LABETALOL; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NALOXONE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; REMIFENTANIL; ROCURONIUM; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AIRWAY; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD CLOTTING; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; EMERGENCY; HEART DISEASE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; PAIN; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING;

EID: 0034873944     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/beog.2001.0197     Document Type: Article

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