Cardiac output measurement, by means of electrical velocimetry, may be able to determine optimum maternal position during gestation, labour and caesarean delivery, by preventing vena caval compression and maximising cardiac output and placental perfusion pressure

Anaesth Intensive Care. 2011 Mar;39(2):308-11.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aorta, Abdominal / pathology
  • Cardiac Output*
  • Cesarean Section / methods
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Labor, Obstetric / physiology
  • Placenta / blood supply
  • Posture*
  • Pregnancy
  • Rheology / methods*
  • Venae Cavae / pathology