Regional versus general anaesthesia for caesarean section

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Afolabi, Bosede B ^a   Lesi, F E A ^b   Merah, N A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; ROPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL;

BLEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; EMBASE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MATERNAL BLOOD; MEDLINE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37649029265     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004350.pub2     Document Type: Review

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