Anesthesia during cesarean section

Kulikov A.V.; Ovezov A.M.; Shifman E.M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.17116/anaesthesiology201804183

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Abstract:

The article presents clinical recommendations (treatment protocols) related to anesthesia during cesarean section. Indications and contraindications on choosing different methods of anesthesia are reviewed. The algorithms of management of patients with different methods of anesthesia with the assessment of their effectiveness are presented.

Keywords:

cesarean section

general anesthesia

neuroaxial anesthesia

complications of anesthesia

local anesthetics

Authors:

Kulikov A.V.

SPIN RSCI: 3736-8965
Scopus AuthorID: 35773365600
ResearcherID: C-6924-2016
ORCID: 0000-0002-9980-9226

Ovezov A.M.

MONIKI, Moscow, Russia

SPIN RSCI: 9263-8834
Scopus AuthorID: 23474305000
ResearcherID: AAP-3404-2021
ORCID: 0000-0001-7629-6280

Shifman E.M.

M.F. Vladimirsky Moscow Regional Research Clinical Institute, Ministry of Health of the Moscow Region, Moscow, Russia

SPIN RSCI: 4582-8494
Scopus AuthorID: 6507655298
ResearcherID: AAY-3981-2020
ORCID: 0000-0002-6113-8498

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