Is general anaesthesia for caesarean section associated with postpartum haemorrhage? Systematic review and meta-analysis

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1092-1102

  Heesen, Michael ^a   Hofmann, Thomas ^a   Klöhr, Sven ^a   Rossaint, Rolf ^b   Van De Velde, Marc ^c   Deprest, Jan ^c   Straube, Sebastian ^d  

^a KLINIKUM BAMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^c Universitair Zieckenhuis Leuven ^*  (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CESAREAN SECTION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884283999     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aas.12178     Document Type: Review

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