Maternal cardiac arrest in a tertiary care centre during 1989-2011: A case series

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1077-1084

  Baghirzada, Leyla ^a,b   Balki, Mrinalini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b South Health Campus ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AMNION FLUID EMBOLISM; CANADA; CASE STUDY; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABOR; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CESAREAN SECTION; EMBOLISM, AMNIOTIC FLUID; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ONTARIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887430551     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: 14968975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-013-0021-9     Document Type: Review

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