Radiography
Volume 15, Issue 2 , Pages 97-100 , May 2009

Prevention of supine hypotensive syndrome in pregnant women undergoing computed tomography – A national survey of current practice

  • Michelle A. McMahon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Queen's Medical Centre Campus, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Derby Road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Alison Fenwick

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Queen's Medical Centre Campus, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Derby Road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Amelia Banks

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia, City Hospital Campus, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Hucknall Road, Nottingham, NG5 1PB, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Robert A. Dineen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Queen's Medical Centre Campus, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Derby Road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Tel.: +44 (0) 115 9249924x63900; fax: +44 (0) 115 8493311.

Received 7 August 2007 ,Revised 11 August 2008 ,Accepted 28 October 2008.

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PII: S1078-8174(08)00106-5

doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2008.10.006

Radiography
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