Anaesthesia for lower-segment caesarean section: Changing perspectives

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 409-414

  Yeoh, Sean Brian ^a   Leong, Sng Ban ^a   Heng, Alex Sia Tiong ^a  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; Obstetrics; Regional anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; CONTINUOUS SPINAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LOWER SEGMENT CESAREAN SECTION; OBESITY; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; OBSTETRIC PATIENT; PREECLAMPSIA; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 79251504646     PISSN: 00195049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5049.71037     Document Type: Review

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