Position, position, position – terminology during stomach ultrasound in pregnant women

Anaesthesia

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1264-1267

  Kinsella, S M ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anaesthesia; caesarean section; gastric antrum; gastric contents; pregnancy; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; PREGNANT WOMAN; STOMACH CONTENT; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH SECRETION; SUPINE POSITION; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PREGNANCY; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; STOMACH;

ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; STOMACH;

EID: 84992159920     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.13645     Document Type: Editorial

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