Problems with general anaesthesia for Caesarean section

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 27-38

  Lyons, G ^a   Akerman, N ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anestesia; Cesarean section; Fetus

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SALT; ANTACID AGENT; CITRATE SODIUM; CYCLIZINE; ETHER; FENTANYL; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; MAGNESIUM SALT; NARCOTIC AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE; OPIATE; OXYGEN; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; RANITIDINE; ROCURONIUM; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL;

AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; APNEA; ASPHYXIA; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; AWARENESS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CESAREAN SECTION; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INCIDENCE; LARYNGEAL MASK; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; LUNG ASPIRATION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STARVATION; STOMACH CONTENT; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH PH; STOMACH VOLUME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOMITING; ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; AWARENESS; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 15944368250     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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