Challenges that opioid-dependent women present to the obstetric anaesthetist

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 494-501

  Cassidy, B ^a   Cyna, A M ^a  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Opioid dependency: pregnancy

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BUPIVACAINE; BUPRENORPHINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIAMORPHINE; DICLOFENAC; FENTANYL; KETAMINE; METHADONE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; ROPIVACAINE; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SERVICE; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; OPIATE ADDICTION; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRURITUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TACHYCARDIA; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 4444333956     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0403200406     Document Type: Review

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