Anaesthesia for Caesarean section and neonatal acid-base status: A meta-analysis

Anaesthesia

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 636-653

  Reynolds, Felicity ^a   Seed, P T ^b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ARTICAINE; BUPIVACAINE; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; CHLOROPROCAINE; CINCHOCAINE; DESFLURANE; DIHYDROERGOTAMINE; ENFLURANE; EPHEDRINE; ESKETAMINE; FENTANYL; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; METHOHEXITAL; METHOXYFLURANE; MORPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; OXYGEN; ROPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE; SUXAMETHONIUM; TETRACAINE; THEODRENALINE; THIOPENTAL; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PH; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISORDERS OF ACID BASE BALANCE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ACID BASE BALANCE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UMBILICAL VEIN; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ACIDOSIS; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 21344470685     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2005.04223.x     Document Type: Article

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