Anaesthetic management of a complex morbidly obese parturient
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Anesthetic management of the morbidly obese parturient.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW Regional analgesia for labor pain and general anesthesia for cesarean section in the morbidly obese parturient is associated with increased maternal and perinatal complications. The purpose of this review is to describe the anesthetic management of the morbidly obese parturient. RECENT FINDINGS Compared to the lean parturient, the morbidly obese parturient has an increased l...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0832-610X,1496-8975
DOI: 10.1007/bf03036970