Recipes for obstetric spinal hypotension: The clinical context counts

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 861-864

  Bishop, David G ^a,b   Rodseth, Reitze N ^b,c,d   Dyer, Robert A ^e  

^a EDENDALE HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c GREY'S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Hypotension; Obstetrics; Spinal

Indexed keywords

EPHEDRINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIST; BRADYCARDIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; OBSTETRIC SPINAL HYPOTENSION; REVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES;

ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84984918795     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: 20785135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.2016.v106i9.10877     Document Type: Review

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