Anaesthesia chapter from Saving Mothers' Lives; Reviewing maternal deaths to make pregnancy safer

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-22

  Cooper, G M ^a   McClure, J H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, general; Anaesthesia, obstetric; Anaesthesia, regional; Anaesthetic techniques, epidural; Complications; Early warning scores; Toxicity, local anaesthetics

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE;

AIRWAY; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; BLEEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LUNG VENTILATION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICATION ERROR; OBESITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; ADULT; FEMALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL ERROR; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL ERRORS; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 38449108453     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aem344     Document Type: Article

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