Cardiac Index Changes With Ephedrine, Phenylephrine, Ondansetron and Norepinephrine During Spinal Anesthesia
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2018-03-30
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the cardiac output changes after an intravenous bolus
of ephedrine, phenylephrine, ondansetron or norepinephrine during a spinal anesthetic for a
cesarean delivery.
For elective cesarean delivery, all participants will receive spinal anesthesia with a local
anesthetic and sufentanil. This study includes 120 pregnant women. Patients will be randomly
assigned according to a computer generated system to be in one of four groups.