Evaluation of surgical and anaesthesia response times for crash caesarean sections - An audit of a Singapore hospital

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 606-610

  Lim, Yvonne ^a   Shah, M K ^a   Tan, H M ^a  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Epidural; Response times

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PH; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; RESPONSE TIME; SINGAPORE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 33644582619     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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