Effect of positioning from supine and left lateral positions to left lateral tilt on maternal blood flow velocities and waveforms in full-term parturients

Anaesthesia

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 889-893

  Kundra, P ^a   Velraj, J ^a   Amirthalingam, U ^a   Habeebullah, S ^a   Yuvaraj, K ^a   Elangovan, S ^a   Venkatesan, V ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; MATERNAL BLOOD; SUPINE POSITION; WAVEFORM;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PREGNANCY; SUPINE POSITION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 84863717846     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2012.07164.x     Document Type: Article

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