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Spinal Anaesthesia for Caesarean Delivery

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Spinal anaesthesia is the gold standard for providing surgical anaesthesia for caesarean delivery (CD). It allows the mother and her partner to experience the birth of their baby and provides excellent operating conditions for the surgeon

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  1. Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey, UK

    Sioned Phillips

  2. University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK

    Adrienne Stewart

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Women’s Wellness and Research Centre, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

    Roshan Fernando

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

    Pervez Sultan

  3. Department of Anaesthesia, Frimley Park Hospital, Frimley, UK

    Sioned Phillips

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Phillips, S., Stewart, A. (2022). Spinal Anaesthesia for Caesarean Delivery. In: Fernando, R., Sultan, P., Phillips, S. (eds) Quick Hits in Obstetric Anesthesia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72487-0_6

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