A randomised comparison of bolus phenylephrine and ephedrine for the management of spinal hypotension in patients with severe preeclampsia and a non-reassuring fetal heart rate trace
Background: Studies in healthy patients undergoing elective caesarean delivery show that ephedrine used for spinal hypotension is associated with increased fetal acidosis compared with phenylephrine. This has not been investigated prospectively in severe preeclampsia. Methods: Patients with severe p...
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| Format: | Dissertation |
| Language: | English |
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University of Cape Town
2019
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29804 |