Blood pressure and cardiac output during caesarean delivery under spinal anaesthesia: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We have previously established a method to measure transfer of nutrients between mother, placenta and fetus in vivo. The method includes measurements of maternal and fetal blood flow by Doppler ultrasound prior to spinal anaesthesia. Spinal anaesthesia affects maternal blood pressure and cardiac output. We aimed to determine the effect of spinal anaesthesia in mothers undergoing an elective caesarean section on blood pressure, heart rate and cardiac output, and whether cardiac output levels were comparable before induction of spinal anaesthesia and before delivery.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Tertiary hospital in Norway.

Participants

76 healthy women with uneventful pregnancies undergoing an elective caesarean section.

Interventions</

SUBMITTER: Michelsen TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8204191 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature