General anesthesia with remifentanil for Cesarean section in a patient with HELLP syndrome

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 418-420

  Richa, Freda ^a   Yazigi, A ^a   Nasser, E ^a   Dagher, C ^a   Antakly, M C ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; HELLP syndrome; Remifentanil

Indexed keywords

REMIFENTANIL;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONVULSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HELLP SYNDROME; HEMOLYSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABOR COMPLICATION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER HEMATOMA; LUNG EDEMA; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; SYNDROME DELINEATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HELLP SYNDROME; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; METHYLDOPA; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS; PIPERIDINES; PREGNANCY; SUCCINYLCHOLINE; THIOPENTAL;

EID: 15944400367     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2005.00608.x     Document Type: Article

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