The Effect of Right Versus Left Lateral Decubitus Positions on Induction of Spinal Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1795-1799

  Law, Alice C S ^a   Lam, Kwok K ^b   Irwin, Michael G ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; EPHEDRINE; FENTANYL; INFUSION FLUID; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CESAREAN SECTION; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBARISM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT LATERAL DECUBITUS POSITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; NEWBORN; PAIN; PARTURIENT PARESIS; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT LATERAL DECUBITUS POSITION; SHIVERING; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL NERVE; VOMITING;

EID: 0344851891     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000086733.92150.47     Document Type: Article

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