Severe preeclampsia: Anesthetic implications of the disease and its management

American Journal of Therapeutics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 284-288

  Turner, Judi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthetic management; Complications; Guidelines; Magnesium sulfate; Maternal mortality; Regional anesthesia; Risk factors; Severe preeclampsia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM; CARBOPROST TROMETAMOL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDRALAZINE; LABETALOL; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHYLDOPA; METHYLERGOMETRINE MALEATE; NICARDIPINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PROSTACYCLIN; THROMBOXANE A2;

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ECLAMPSIA; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MONITORING; FLUSHING; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL ENDOTRACHEAL ANESTHESIA; GESTATION PERIOD; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LUNG EDEMA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SHOCK; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TENDON REFLEX; UTERINE TONE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANTICONVULSANTS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 68949178452     PISSN: 10752765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MJT.0b013e31816f6fd8     Document Type: Article

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