Maternal mortality: Anesthetic implications

International Anesthesiology Clinics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1-11

  Hawkins, Joy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; CHLOROPROCAINE; FENTANYL; ISOPRENALINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT; ROPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; DATA BASE; DEATH; DELIVERY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION; ISRAEL; LUNG EMBOLISM; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036750080     PISSN: 00205907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004311-200210000-00003     Document Type: Review

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