Total failure of spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery, associated factors, and outcomes: A retrospective case-control study.

ABSTRACT: Spinal anesthesia is the anesthetic technique of choice for patients undergoing cesarean delivery. In the present study, total spinal anesthesia failure was defined as a case when an absent blockade or inadequate surgery required general anesthesia administration with an endotracheal tube. This study aimed to investigate factors related to this condition and report its maternal and neonatal outcomes. This retrospective matched case-control study was conducted by recruiting 110 patients with failed spinal anesthesia and 330 control patients from September 1, 2016, to April 30, 2020, in the largest university hospital, Thailand. Of 12,914 cesarean deliveries, 12,001 patients received single-shot spinal anesthesia (92.9%) during the study period. Total spinal anesthesia failure was experience

SUBMITTER: Punchuklang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9259130 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature