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August 1, 2016South African Medical JournalOpen Access

Recipes for obstetric spinal hypotension: The clinical context counts

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Population

Obstetric patients undergoing spinal anaesthesia, particularly in resource-poor environments

Design

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Authors

DBDavid G. BishopUniversity of KwaZulu-NatalRRReitze RodsethPreventive CardiologyRDRobert A. DyerCentre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science

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Implication

Knowledge gap in spinal anaesthesia guidelines persists in low-resource settings; leaves open development and validation of context-specific obstetric protocols.

Structured PICO

P
Population
Obstetric patients undergoing spinal anaesthesia, particularly in resource-poor environments
I
Intervention
Spinal anaesthesia management strategies
O
Outcome
Hypotension and related fatalities

Highlights the critical need for context-specific guidelines for managing obstetric spinal hypotension in resource-limited settings to reduce maternal mortality.

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Bishop et al. (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8a53614c30e1095aeca969https://doi.org/10.7196/samj.2016.v106i9.10877
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  3. 3A Spotlight on Obstetric Anesthesia in the Developing World2015 · 9 citations