Unsettled weather and the end for thiopental? Obstetric general anaesthesia after the NAP5 and MBRRACE-UK reports

Anaesthesia

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 375-379

  Lucas, D N ^a   Yentis, S M ^b  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE; OPIATE; PROPOFOL; THIOPENTAL; VOLATILE AGENT; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; CESAREAN SECTION; EMERGENCY PATIENT; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; OBSTETRIC PATIENT; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ADVERSE EFFECTS; FEMALE; INTRAOPERATIVE AWARENESS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE AWARENESS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PREGNANCY; THIOPENTAL;

EID: 84924502649     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.13034     Document Type: Review

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