Assessment of volume preload on uteroplacental blood flow during epidural anaesthesia for Caesarean section

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 359-362

  Gogarten, W ^a   Struemper, D ^a,b   Gramke, H F ^b   Van Aken, H ^a   Buerkle, H ^a   Durieux, M ^b   Marcus, Marco A E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, conduction, anaesthesia, epidural; Blood circulation, regional blood flow; Echocardiography, doppler; Pregnancy, feto maternal exchange

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; GELATIN; HETASTARCH;

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLOID; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG INFUSION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GELOPLASMA; HEART OUTPUT; HEART PRELOAD; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFORMED CONSENT; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PULSATILE FLOW; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UTERINE ARTERY;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VOLUME; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GELATIN; HETASTARCH; HUMANS; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PLASMA SUBSTITUTES; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UTERUS;

EID: 18744385220     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026502150500061X     Document Type: Article

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