The effects of spinal anaesthesia for elective caesarean section on uterine and umbilical arterial pulsatility indexes in normotensive and chronic hypertensive pregnant women: a prospective, longitudinal study

BACKGROUND: Despite the known effects of neuraxial blockade on major vessel function and the rapid decrease in uterine vascular impedance, it is unclear how the blockade affects the utero-placental circulation in the near-term. We hypothesize that among women with chronic hypertension, a loss of sym...

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Main Author: Guedes-Martins, L. (author)
Other Authors: Graça, H. (author), Saraiva, J. (author), Guedes, L. (author), Gaio, R. (author), Cerdeira, A. (author), Macedo, F. (author), Almeida, H. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.16/1828
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.chporto.pt:10400.16/1828