Obstetric anaesthetic deaths in context

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 191-194

  Moore, Philip A S ^a,c   Cooper, Griselda M ^a,b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic mortality; Obstetric anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CESAREAN SECTION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG SAFETY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBESITY; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; OBSTETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 34247842937     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e32814e6d13     Document Type: Review

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