Obstetric management of the patient with spinal cord injury

Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 678-686

  Pereira, Leonardo ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYL NITRITE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; FENTANYL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; GUANETHIDINE; HYDRALAZINE; LAXATIVE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MECAMYLAMINE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; NIFEDIPINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROGESTERONE; TERAZOSIN; TRIMETAPHAN;

ANEMIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; BACTERIURIA; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BREAST FEEDING; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; DECUBITUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG INDICATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INCIDENCE; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VENTILATION; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; PYELONEPHRITIS; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN CARE; SKIN EXAMINATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THERMOREGULATION; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT PLANNING; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VITAL CAPACITY;

AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0141594699     PISSN: 00297828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.OGX.0000086419.94466.76     Document Type: Review

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