Suprasternal Doppler estimation of cardiac output: Standard versus sequential combined spinal epidural anesthesia for cesarean delivery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 959-964

  Bray, Johanna K ^a   Fernando, Roshan ^a   Patel, Nisa P ^a   Columb, Malachy O ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; EPHEDRINE; FENTANYL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST;

ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CESAREAN SECTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33750046653     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000231831.00032.97     Document Type: Article

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