Spinal anesthesia in the parturient with severe preeclampsia: Time for reconsideration

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 621-622

  Santos, Alan C ^a   Birnbach, David J ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; NICARDIPINE; URAPIDIL;

ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIST; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INDICATION; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0041328111     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000085017.03397.59     Document Type: Editorial

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