Safety of the breast-feeding infant after maternal anesthesia

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 359-371

  Dalal, Priti G ^a   Bosak, Jodi ^b   Berlin, Cheston ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Anesthesiologists oj Greater Orlando   (United States)

Author keywords

anesthesia; breast feeding; infant

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CODEINE; DIAZEPAM; FENTANYL; HYDROCODONE; HYDROMORPHONE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT; KETAMINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC AGENT; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYCODONE; PETHIDINE; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; THIOPENTAL; TRAMADOL;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD SAFETY; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DRUG USE; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANESTHESIA; BREAST-FEEDING; INFANT;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MILK, HUMAN; PREGNANCY; SAFETY;

EID: 84896381631     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pan.12331     Document Type: Review

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