Different Approaches to Maternal Hypotension During Cesarean Section
Summary
The aim of this study is to compare two different therapeutic approaches to blood pressure reduction: pharmacological vs. non-pharmacological. The setting is that of patients undergoing scheduled Cesarean section under spinal anesthesia and suffering from aorta-caval compression syndrome, which causes a sudden drop in blood pressure.
Description
The supine hypotensive syndrome of pregnancy is induced by compression of the inferior caval vein by the enlarged uterus. It occurs in approximately 8% of pregnant women at term. More patients may develop an asymptomatic variety of this syndrome in the supine position. The hypotensive effect of spinal anesthesia per se may thus be aggravated in a significant number of term parturients. A preoperative supine stress test (SST) before elective cesarean section under spinal anesthesia has been shown to predict severe systolic hypotension with reasonable accuracy.
Different strategies have been proposed for the management of this complication; they can be divided into pharmacological and non-pharmacological ones.
According to pharmacological strategies, vasoactive drugs are used to treat hypotension induced by sympathetic efferent blockade following spinal anesthesia. To this end, α-agonist ephedrine is commonly considered the best choice because of its minimal impact on the fetoplacental circulation. However, excessive use of ephedrine may be detrimental to neonatal well-being because of its vasoconstrictor effect on fetoplacental circulation.
Non-pharmacological treatments may represent a valuable, safer alternative. According to many authors non-pharmacological treatments aimed at removing the cause of aorta-caval compression syndrome are to be preferred because more appropriate from an etiopathogenetic point of view. The use of a wedge-shaped cushion placed under the right hip is a well-known non-pharmacological strategy which allows the uterine left lateral displacement and, consequently, the removing of the compression from the inferior vena cava.
The aim of the present study is to compare, through the evaluation of neonatal well-being, the efficacy of these approaches to hypotension after spinal anesthesia for elective Caesarean section in parturients affected by aorto-caval compression.
Study Design
Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment
Conditions
Pregnancy
Intervention
Bupivacaine, Morphine, Lactated Ringer's solution, Ephedrine, continuous infusion, Ephedrine, bolus, Atropine
Location
University and Hospital of Parma (Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma)
Parma
PR
Italy
43126
Status
Recruiting
Source
University of Parma
Results (where available)
Links
- Source: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00991627
- Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on July 15, 2010
Published on BioPortfolio: 2014-08-27T03:18:47-0400
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