International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 8-12 , January 2007

A randomized trial of crystalloid versus colloid solution for prevention of hypotension during spinal or low-dose combined spinal-epidural anesthesia for elective cesarean delivery

  • J-S. Ko
    • ,
  • C-S. Kim
    • ,
  • H-S. Cho
    • ,
  • D-H. Choi

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr. Duck Hwan Choi, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, 50 ILwon-Dong, Kangnam-Ku, Seoul, 135-710, Korea. Tel.: +82 2 3410 2466; fax: +82 2 3410 0361.

,Accepted 1 July 2006.

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☆ Presented at the 24th World Congress of the European Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Therapy, Berlin, Germany, 2005. The abstract was published in Reg Anesth Pain Med 2005; 30(5) Suppl 1: p 74.

PII: S0959-289X(06)00135-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2006.07.004

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 8-12 , January 2007

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