International consensus statement on the management of hypotension with vasopressors during caesarean section under spinal anaesthesia

Anaesthesia

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 71-92

  Kinsella, S M ^a   Carvalho, B ^b   Dyer, R A ^c   Fernando, R ^d   McDonnell, N ^e   Mercier, F J ^f   Palanisamy, A ^g   Sia, A T H ^h   Van de Velde, M ^i,j   Vercueil, A ^k  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d Women's Hospital   (Qatar)

^e KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

^g WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^k KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

blood pressure measurement; caesarean section; ephedrine; hypotension; intravenous fluid; phenylephrine; spinal anaesthesia; vasopressor

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; INFUSION FLUID; EPHEDRINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEART DISEASE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; ADULT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; FEMALE; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; CESAREAN SECTION; CONSENSUS; EPHEDRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; PHENYLEPHRINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 85032833575     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.14080     Document Type: Article

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