Complications of regional anesthesia in obstetrics

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 667-678

  Wlody, David ^a,b  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Box 6 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE; BRETYLIUM; BUPIVACAINE; CAFFEINE BENZOATE; CHLOROPROCAINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FENTANYL; HEPARIN; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MAGNESIUM; MEPIVACAINE; METHYL PARABEN; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; OPIATE; ROPIVACAINE; SODIUM METABISULFITE; SUFENTANIL; SUMATRIPTAN; TETRACAINE; THEOPHYLLINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; WARFARIN;

ALLERGY; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANXIETY; BACKACHE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOTOXICITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMORAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MERALGIA PARESTHETICA; NAUSEA; NEEDLE; NERVE INJURY; NERVE PARALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; OBTURATOR NERVE PALSY; PARESTHESIA; PERONEUS NERVE PARALYSIS; PRURITUS; PUNCTURE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TORSADE DES POINTES; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VOMITING;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PAIN; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0141675153     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-200309000-00019     Document Type: Review

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