Fetal and maternal effects of phenylephrine and ephedrine during spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery

Anesthesiology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1582-1590

  Cooper, David W ^a   Carpenter, Mark ^b   Mowbray, Paul ^b   Desira, William R ^b   Ryall, David M ^b   Kokri, Manmohan S ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; EPHEDRINE; FENTANYL; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS; BRADYCARDIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NAUSEA; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UMBILICAL ARTERY; VOMITING;

ACIDOSIS; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CESAREAN SECTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPHEDRINE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PHENYLEPHRINE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0036898637     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200212000-00034     Document Type: Article

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