'But it's just a spinal': Combating increasing rates of maternal death related to spinal anaesthesia

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 81-82

  Farina, Z ^a   Rout, C ^b  

^a UKZN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SODIUM;

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; DEATH; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORBIDITY; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84873252787     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.6308     Document Type: Article

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