Comparison of phenylephrine infusion regimens for maintaining maternal blood pressure during spinal anaesthesia for Caesarean section

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 469-474

  Ngan Kee, Warwick D ^a   Khaw, K S ^a   Ng, F F ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, subarachnoid; Complications, hypotension; Surgery, Caesarean section; Sympathetic nervous system, phenylephrine

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BUPIVACAINE; EPHEDRINE; FENTANYL; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; LIDOCAINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRADYCARDIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VOMITING; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFECT; HEART RATE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICAL VEIN;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYPOTENSION; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; PHENYLEPHRINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UMBILICAL VEINS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 1842536910     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeh088     Document Type: Article

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