Amphetamine abuse in pregnancy: Anesthetic implications

Acta Anaesthesiologica Belgica

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-163

  Kuczkowski, Krzysztof M ^a,b   Benumof, J L ^a  

^a University of California at San Diego   (United States)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphetamines; Cardiac arrhythmias; Convulsions; Drug abuse; Pregnancy; Regional anesthesia

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE; ILLICIT DRUG; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONVULSION; DRUG ABUSE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA;

ADULT; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SEIZURES;

EID: 0038690339     PISSN: 00015164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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