Management of a parturient with a history of local anesthetic allergy

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1489-1490

  Balestrieri, Philip J ^a   Ferguson II, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CASE REPORT; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DYSPNEA; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FETUS MONITORING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; OXYGEN THERAPY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RESPIRATORY ARREST; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0037407994     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000058843.24914.C7     Document Type: Article

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