Norepinephrine Versus Ephedrin for Prevention of Post Spinal Anesthesia in Cesarean Section

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2019-05-30
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

Spinal anesthesia is still the gold standard anesthetic method for elective and urgent cesarean section, the post spinal hypotension remains the most frequent complication of this procedure and is still responsible of considerable maternel and fetal morbidity. It is recommanded to prevent this post spinal hypotension with fluid coloading and prophylactic vasopressors administration.

The aim of this study is to compare the efficency and the safety of norepinephrin and ephedrin prophylactic administration to reduce the incidence of post spinal hypotension in cesarean section.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Mongi Slim Hospital
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Ephedrine; Norepinephrine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• full termed parturients scheduled for elective or semi urgent cesarean section under spinal anesthesia

• AGE>15 years

• ASA II status

• No history of hypertension, preeclampsia or cardiopathy

• BMI<40

Exclusion Criteria:

• cesarean section under genearl anesthesia or epidural analgesia during labor