Autonomic DYSREFLEXIA: A Special Challenge for the Nursing Care of the Woman With Quadriplegia During Childbirth

MCN The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 93-97

  Earl, Gay Pasley ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Autonomic dysreflexia (hyperreflexia); Complications of pregnancy; Quadriplegia; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; MATERNAL WELFARE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN NURSING; NURSING; POSTNATAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; QUADRIPLEGIA; REVIEW; STANDARD;

AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEONATAL NURSING; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; POSTNATAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; QUADRIPLEGIA;

EID: 0041411670     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005721-200203000-00008     Document Type: Article

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