Anesthesia Complications in the Birthplace: Is the Neuraxial Block Always to Blame?

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-52

  Birnbach, David J ^a   Ranasinghe, J Sudharma ^b  

^a JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CORTICOTROPIN; EPHEDRINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; SUMATRIPTAN; THEOPHYLLINE;

ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; BACKACHE; BIRTHPLACE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HEADACHE; HEMATOMA; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFECTION; LABOR COMPLICATION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE PARALYSIS; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 38949139052     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2007.11.011     Document Type: Review

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