International journal of obstetric anesthesia
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Int J Obstet Anesth · Aug 2019
Remifentanil patient-controlled analgesia in labour: six-year audit of outcome data of the RemiPCA SAFE Network (2010-2015).
In women receiving a remifentanil PCA for labour analgesia, detectable hypoxia occurs in 25% of women and neonatal CPR potentially related to remifentanil in 1 in 300 babies.
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Int J Obstet Anesth · Aug 2019
Meta AnalysisMetaraminol use during spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.
Metaraminol is likely superior to ephedrine for managing hypotension due to spinal anaesthesia for Caesarean section, and non-inferior to phenylephrine.
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