Rapid sequence induction in obstetrics revisited

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 357-361

  Sharp, Lisa M ^a   Levy, David M ^b  

^a Nottingham and East Midlands School of Anaesthesia   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthetics; Neuromuscular blockade; Rocuronium; Succinylcholine; Sugammadex

Indexed keywords

ETOMIDATE; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; NALOXONE; NITROUS OXIDE; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; ROCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE; SUGAMMADEX; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL; VECURONIUM;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ASPIRATION; CESAREAN SECTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; INCIDENCE; JAW OPENING REFLEX; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MYALGIA; MYOTONIA; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NEWBORN CARE; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; OXYGENATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID SEQUENCE INDUCTION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; UMBILICAL VEIN; UNITED KINGDOM; VAGUS REFLEX;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHETICS; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GAMMA-CYCLODEXTRINS; HUMANS; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS; PREGNANCY; SUCCINYLCHOLINE; THIOPENTAL;

EID: 67649565435     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e3283294c4a     Document Type: Review

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