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Emergency Caesarean delivery: is supplementary maternal oxygen necessary?
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Central neuraxial block can impair respiratory function by paralysis of the intercostal muscles due to a high block. Satisfactory regional anaesthesia for Caesarean delivery requires a block level to at least the T5 dermatome and this can alter respiratory performance.1 Therefore, many anaesthetists
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