Phenylephrine infusions for maintaining blood pressure during spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery: Finding the shoe that fits

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 496-498

  Ngan Kee, Warwick D ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENYLEPHRINE; PLACEBO;

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIZZINESS; DRUG MECHANISM; EDITORIAL; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; VENOUS RETURN;

ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHENYLEPHRINE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PREGNANCY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 84896828031     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000111     Document Type: Editorial

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