Vasopressors for the treatment of maternal hypotension following spinal anaesthesia for elective caesarean section: Past, present and future

Anaesthesia

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 252-257

  Heesen, M ^a   Stewart, A ^b   Fernando, R ^b  

^a Kantonsspital Baden   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPHEDRINE; METARAMINOL; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ALGORITHM; ALKALOSIS; ANESTHESIST; ARTERIAL PH; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRADYCARDIA; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CRYSTALLOID; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FETUS OUTCOME; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFUSION RATE; MATERNAL BLOOD; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL HYPOTENSION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PH; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICAL ARTERY; WORKLOAD; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; CESAREAN SECTION; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 84922718237     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.13007     Document Type: Review

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