Resuscitation of the pregnant patient: What is the effect of patient positioning on inferior vena cava diameter?

Resuscitation

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 304-308

  Fields, J Matthew ^a   Catallo, Katherine ^a   Au, Arthur K ^a   Rotte, Masashi ^a   Leventhal, David ^a   Weiner, Stuart ^a   Ku, Bon S ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inferior vena cava; Left lateral tilt; Patient positioning; Pregnancy; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY ROOM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LABOR; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PATIENT POSITIONING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESUSCITATION; SUPINE POSITION; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875053583     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.11.011     Document Type: Article

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