Labor Analgesia for the Parturient with an Uncommon Disorder: A Common Dilemma in the Delivery Suite

Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 800-803

  Kuczkowski, Krzysztof M ^a,b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ACHONDROPLASIA; AORTA; ARTERY DILATATION; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; DWARFISM; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EYE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; LABOR; MARFAN SYNDROME; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SKELETON MALFORMATION; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINE SURGERY;

ACHONDROPLASIA; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; DECISION MAKING; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MARFAN SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; SPINAL INJURIES;

EID: 0345690157     PISSN: 00297828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.OGX.0000097782.52780.3E     Document Type: Review

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