Anaesthesia for emergency caesarean section, 2000-2004, at the Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 74-79

  Popham, Philip ^a,b   Buettner, A ^a   Mendola, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Emergency caesarean section; Epidural anaesthesia; General anaesthesia; Spinal anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BICARBONATE; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BOLUS INJECTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBSTETRICS; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; AUSTRALIA; CESAREAN SECTION; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33847399752     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0703500110     Document Type: Article

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