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The Vomiting Hazard in Obstetric Anaesthesia
Author(s) -
Hutchinson B.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1967.tb02499.x
Subject(s) - vomiting , medicine , regurgitation (circulation) , anesthesia , gastric emptying , inhalation , gastric content , regional anaesthesia , stomach , surgery
It is known that the gastric emptying time may be prolonged in women in labour, yet not all anaesthetists are agreed that the gastric contents should be evacuated prior to obstetric anaesthesia. The dangerous effects of regurgitation and inhalation of acid gastric content have often been stressed since Mendelson's paper of 1946.