Ephedrine for spinal hypotension during elective caesarean section: The final nail in the coffin?

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 807-809

  Dyer, R A ^a   Biccard, B M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; EPHEDRINE; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ACIDOSIS; BRADYCARDIA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CESAREAN SECTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; EDITORIAL; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEART OUTPUT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PH; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; TACHYPHYLAXIS; UMBILICAL CORD; UTERINE ARTERY; VENOUS RETURN;

ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CESAREAN SECTION; EPHEDRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; PHENYLEPHRINE; PREGNANCY; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 84863689111     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2012.02719.x     Document Type: Editorial

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