Managing hypotension during anaesthesia for caesarean section

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 286-289

  Ngan Kee, Warwick D ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

caesarean section; ephedrine; hypotension; phenylephrine; spinal anaesthesia; vasopressors

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN II; BASE; CAFEDRINE; DOPAMINE; EPHEDRINE; ETILEFRINE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; MEPHENTERMINE; METARAMINOL; METHOXAMINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; THEODRENALINE;

ALKALOSIS; ANESTHESIST; ARTERIAL PH; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLOID; CRYSTALLOID; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPOTENSION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LEG COMPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PATIENT POSITIONING; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 34250855009     PISSN: 14720299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mpaic.2007.04.008     Document Type: Review

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