Anesthesia for 15 morbidly obese parturients undergoing cesarean section

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-150

  Kinouchi, Keiko ^a   Taniguchi, Akihiro ^a   Fukumitsu, Kazuo ^a   Miyamoto, Yoshikazu ^a   Hirao, Osamu ^a   Kawaraguchi, Yoshitaka ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cesarean section; Obesity; Parturients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MULTIPARA; NAUSEA; OBESITY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIMIGRAVIDA; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBESITY, MORBID; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037295462     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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