Minimum dose of intrathecal diamorphine required to prevent intraoperative supplementation of spinal anaesthesia for Caesarean section

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 368-372

  Saravanan, S ^a   Robinson, A P C ^a   Dar, A Qayoum ^b   Columb, M O ^c   Lyons, G R ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SHER I KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, intraoperative supplementation; Anaesthetic techniques, minimum dose; Anaesthetic techniques, subarachnoid; Analgesics opioid, diamorphine

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIPRURITIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; DIAMORPHINE; NALBUPHINE; ONDANSETRON; PROCHLORPERAZINE;

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 0041828366     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeg197     Document Type: Article

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