Intraoperative awareness during general anesthesia for cesarean delivery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 886-890

  Robins, Kay ^a   Lyons, Gordon ^b  

^a YORK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; HALOTHANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL;

AMNESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; BISPECTRAL INDEX; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN FUNCTION; CESAREAN SECTION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; INTRAOPERATIVE AWARENESS; MATERNAL BRADYCARDIA; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PLACENTA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CONSCIOUSNESS; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALPRACTICE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALPRACTICE; MENTAL RECALL; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NITROUS OXIDE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 70149100253     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181af83c1     Document Type: Review

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