Manging Post Spinal Hypotension During Elective Cesarean Section
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2018-12-31
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Spinal anesthesia is the gold standard technique for elective cesarean section. It helps to
avoid risks regarding airway management and provides effective neuraxial postoperative
analgesia, enabling quicker maternal recovery. Cesarean section normally require an
anesthetic block at T4 level. So that maternal hypotension is reported to occur in up to 80%.
This can result in significant morbidity for both the mother and fetus.The purpose of this
study is to determine if epinephrine is as effective and safe compared to ephedrine for
maintaining arterial blood pressure during elective cesarean section under spinal anesthesia.
All participants will receive spinal anesthesia with a local anesthetic and sufentanil. This
study plans to enroll 140 healthy pregnant women. Patients will be randomly assigned
according to a computer generated system to be in one of two groups.