Prophylactic Phenylephrine Co-administration During Caesarean Section

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2018-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

This single centre prospective alternating intervention study will aim to compare prophylactic phenylephrine given in the first litre of Ringers lactate as co-load in healthy patients having an elective caesarean section under spinal anaesthesia at Edendale Hospital to the existing national protocol guideline - for the treatment of obstetric spinal hypotension.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of KwaZulu
• Treatments: Oxymetazoline; Phenylephrine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• All ASA 1-2 patients undergoing elective caesarean

Exclusion Criteria:

• ASA grade >2 Hypertensive disease in pregnancy Dysrhythmia Failed spinal requiring conversion to a general anaesthetic