Anaesthetic considerations for non-obstetric surgery during pregnancy

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 107, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Reitman, E ^a   Flood, P ^b,c  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

non obstetric surgery; obstetric anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANDROGEN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTITHYROID AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE; COCAINE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; LITHIUM; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; OPIATE; PHENYTOIN; PROPOFOL; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; THALIDOMIDE; TRIMETHADIONE; WARFARIN;

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLEFT PALATE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; FETUS HYPOXIA; FETUS MONITORING; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART SURGERY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; LAPAROSCOPY; NEUROSURGERY; NON OBSTETRIC SURGERY; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; PELVIS SURGERY; PERFUSION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SURGERY; TERATOGENICITY;

EID: 83455217674     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aer343     Document Type: Article

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