International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 221-225 , July 2009

Obstetric anaesthesia outcome in obese and non-obese parturients undergoing caesarean delivery: an observational study

  • O.A. Bamgbade

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia, Central Manchester University Hospital, Manchester, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: O. A. Bamgbade, Department of Anaesthesia, Central Manchester University Hospital, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9WL, UK. Tel.: +0161 276 4551.
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  • W.M. Khalaf

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia, Central Manchester University Hospital, Manchester, UK
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  • O. Ajai

      Affiliations

    • School of Applied Sciences, Cranfield University, Cranfield, UK
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  • R. Sharma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia, Central Manchester University Hospital, Manchester, UK
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  • V. Chidambaram

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia, Pennine Acute Hospitals, Bury, Manchester, UK
    • ,
  • G. Madhavan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia, Pennine Acute Hospitals, Bury, Manchester, UK

,Accepted 28 July 2008.

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PII: S0959-289X(09)00004-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2008.07.013

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 221-225 , July 2009

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