General versus spinal anaesthesia for elective caesarean sections: Effects on neonatal short-term outcome. A prospective randomised study

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1114-1118

  Mancuso, Alfredo ^a   De Vivo, Antonio ^a   Giacobbe, Annamaria ^a   Priola, Valentina ^a   Savasta, Laura Maggio ^a   Guzzo, Marianna ^a   De Vivo, Dominique ^a   Mancuso, Alba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

caesarean section; general anaesthesia; Neonatal outcome; spinal anaesthesia; spinal failure

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CISATRACURIUM; EPHEDRINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTENSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGENATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; APGAR SCORE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956577413     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767050903572158     Document Type: Article

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