Maternal position and development of hypotension in patients undergoing cesarean section under combined spinal- epidural anesthesia of intrathecal hyperbaric ropivacaine

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 21, Issue , 2015, Pages 52-58

  Wang, Xin ^a,b   Xu, Jun Mei ^a,b   Zhou, Fan ^a   He, Liang ^a   Cui, Yu Long ^a,b   Li, Zhi Jian ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Anesthetics; Cesarean section; Obstetrical

Indexed keywords

EPHEDRINE; ROPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL; AMIDE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BEVEL NEEDLE; CESAREAN SECTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDUCED HYPOTENSION; LEFT LATERAL POSITION; LEFT TILT SUPINE POSITION; MATERNAL POSITION; MATERNAL WELFARE; PULSE OXIMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTENSION; NERVE BLOCK; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; SUPINE POSITION; UTERUS; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AMIDES; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; NERVE BLOCK; PREGNANCY; SUPINE POSITION; UTERUS;

EID: 84920275773     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.892224     Document Type: Article

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