Change in anaesthetic practice for Caesarean section in Germany

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 170-176

  Stamer, Ulrike M ^a   Wiese, R ^a   Stuber F ^a   Wulf, H ^b   Meuser, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; Complications; Epidural anaesthesia; Maternal deaths; Neurological complications; Spinal anaesthetic

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GERMANY; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; STOMACH CONTENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; CESAREAN SECTION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 14644411054     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2004.00583.x     Document Type: Review

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