Influence of preoperative anxiety on hypotension after spinal anaesthesia in women undergoing Caesarean delivery

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 943-949

  Orbach Zinger, S ^a   Ginosar, Y ^b   Elliston, J ^a   Fadon, C ^a   Abu Lil, M ^a   Raz, A ^a   Goshen Gottstein, Y ^c   Eidelman, L A ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

anaesthesia; anxiety; bupivacaine; Caesarean delivery; complications; hypotension; intrathecal; spinal

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; BUPIVACAINE; EPHEDRINE; FENTANYL; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CRYSTALLOID; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFORMED CONSENT; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SALIVA LEVEL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84869459798     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aes313     Document Type: Article

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