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How Can Aspiration of Vomitus in Obstetrics Best Be Prevented?
Author(s) -
McKay Susan,
Mahan Charles
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
birth
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.233
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1523-536X
pISSN - 0730-7659
DOI - 10.1111/j.1523-536x.1988.tb01114.x
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , maternal morbidity , obstetrics , maternal death , pregnancy , environmental health , biology , population , physics , optics , genetics
Concern about the incidence of maternal aspiration and its effect upon maternal morbidity and mortality has resulted in restricting oral intake of laboring women, although data show maternal death to be rare. Among many factors that can be linked to the occurrence of aspiration, the most important appears to be faulty administration of obstetric anesthesia.