A comparison of three vasopressors for tight control of maternal blood pressure during cesarean section under spinal anesthesia: Effect on maternal and fetal outcome

Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-31

  Bhardwaj, Neerja ^a   Jain, Kajal ^a   Arora, Suman ^a   Bharti, Neerja ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cesarean section; fetal pH; spinal anaesthesia; vasopressors

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; EPHEDRINE; METARAMINOL; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD PH; FETUS OUTCOME; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PH; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UMBILICAL PH;

EID: 84873459318     PISSN: 09709185     EISSN: 22312730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-9185.105789     Document Type: Article

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