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Filter by:The goal of this study is to determine whether the use of sequential compression devices (lower limb compression) can reduce the rate of maternal hypotension after epidural, and therefore reduce the incidence of fetal heart tracing complications during labor.
This study evaluates the effect of prophylactic ondansetron on the incidence of spinal hypotension and vasopressor consumption in caesarean section patients using norepinephrine treatment. Half of participants receive ondansetron before spinal anesthesia while the other half receive saline.
Background: This study was designed to investigate the effect of sedation on the occurrence of maternal hypotension in preoperatively anxious parturients undergoing urgent category-1 Cesarean section (C/S) under spinal anesthesia. Methods: After institutional ethics committee approval, prospectively collected data of 1824 parturients undergoing C/S were reviewed. Parturients with high preoperative anxiety scores (visual analogue scale for anxiety (VAS-A)≥70) undergoing C/S under spinal anesthesia with thiopental (Group S=49) and without any other type of sedation (Group NS=53) were included in the analysis. Hemodynamic parameters were documented and maximum systolic arterial pressure (SAP) reductions from the baseline after spinal anesthesia were calculated. Incidences of hypotension (SAP≥30% decrease from baseline or <100 mmHg) and bradycardia (HR<55 beats/min), and related-ephedrine and -atropine requirements were noted. Our primary endpoint was to compare the maximum SAP reductions from the baseline values in Groups S and NS. Secondary endpoints were incidences of hypotension and bradycardia, required ephedrine and atropine doses, newborn Apgar scores at 1st and 5th min.
Anesthesia for cesarean section requires special importance because it may affect both mother and the baby. To avoid maternal hypotension related to spinal anesthesia must be the primary objective during anesthesia. Even though many factors influence sensory nerve block for surgical anesthesia, local anesthetic dose is the main determinant. Another factor that influence the sensory nerve block is the obesity related to pregnancy. Due to the enlargement of epidural venous plexus related to pregnancy, the subarachnoid and epidural space reduces, so the local anesthetic requirement also reduces. Many investigators recommend lower dose of local anesthetic in obese patients due to reduced requirement There are many studies about dose regimens for cesarean anesthesia, but ideal dose have not been found. Investigators have designed this study to see the effects of conventional dose (10 mg bupivacaine) vs. low dose plus fentanyl (7,5 mg bupivacaine+25 mcg fentanyl) in obese and normal weight pregnant for cesarean section. The hypothesis was: the low dose regimen provides surgical anesthesia in obese patients while avoiding maternal hypotension.