Impact of dose-finding studies on administration of oxytocin during caesarean section in the UK

Anaesthesia

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1021-1025

  West, R ^a   West, S ^b   Simons, R ^a   McGlennan, A ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; TROPONIN I;

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; BRADYCARDIA; BRONCHOSPASM; CESAREAN SECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE CALCULATION; ECG ABNORMALITY; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HEART ARREST; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREECLAMPSIA; SIDE EFFECT; THORAX PAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; CESAREAN SECTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RISK;

EID: 84884159803     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.12381     Document Type: Article

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