Spinal anesthesia in the parturient with severe preeclampsia: time for reconsideration

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Editorial

Alan C Santos et al. Anesth Analg. 2003 Sep.

. 2003 Sep;97(3):621-622.

doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000085017.03397.59.

¹ *St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University, New York, and †University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.

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Patients with severe preeclampsia experience less hypotension during spinal anesthesia for elective cesarean delivery than healthy parturients: a prospective cohort comparison.
Aya AGM, Mangin R, Vialles N, Ferrer JM, Robert C, Ripart J, de La Coussaye JE. Aya AGM, et al. Anesth Analg. 2003 Sep;97(3):867-872. doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000073610.23885.F2. Anesth Analg. 2003. PMID: 12933418 Clinical Trial.

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