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Filter by:Summary Brief Summary Standard care for pain relief after cesarean delivery is spinal morphine. Spinal morphine may be unsuitable for patients having general anesthetic or prior morphine-related side effects and can be less effective in patients with morphine tolerance. An alternative is a TAP block where local anesthetic is deposited between the abdominal muscles consequently numbing the area and providing pain relief. The investigators believe a TAP block will provide equivalent pain relief to spinal morphine.
The objective of this prospective, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, randomized study is to evaluate the impact of preemptive analgesia using incisional site infiltration of lidocaine as compared to saline solution on post operative pain control in women undergoing cesarean deliveries.
This study is assessing whether there is a decrease in surgical glove punctures using blunt tipped needles compared with sharp needles for suturing during Cesarean Delivery.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether manual removal of the placenta during a cesarean delivery results in higher changes in the resistance of blood flow throughout the body, also called systemic vascular resistance (SVR)
The purpose of this study to investigate whether using a special warming blanket during Cesarean delivery helps maintain a normal body temperature in the baby when compared to mothers that are not warmed (standard care at BC Women's Hospital). Doctors observed that some babies have low body temperatures when they are born by Cesarean delivery. Since baby temperatures are dependant on the temperatures of their mothers, we believe that keeping the mother warm during surgery with the use of a special warming blanket that is filled with warm air will result in the baby being warmer at birth.
Women having cesarean section will be divided into two groups - cesarean section alone or cesarean section with appendectomy. The purpose is to see if the appendectomy can be done without adding any complications to the maternal post-operative course. The hypothesis is that there is no increased incidence of wound infection, post-operative morbidity or longer hospital stay associated with elective appendectomy at the time of Cesarean Section.