Lower limb wrapping prevents hypotension, but not hypothermia of shivering, after the introduction of epidural anesthesia for cesarean delivery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 241-244

  Sun, Hsiao Lun ^a   Ling, Qing Dong ^a   Sun, Wei Zen ^b   Wu, Rick Sai Chuen ^c   Wu, Tzong Jeng ^a   Wang, Shih Chieh ^a   Chien, Chih Cheng ^a  

^a CATHAY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; LEG COMPRESSION; LEG WRAPPING; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHIVERING; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 3042521086     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000121346.33443.5a     Document Type: Article

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