Different Approaches to Maternal Hypotension During Cesarean Section

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2010-08-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

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.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Parma
• Collaborator: Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Anesthetics, Local; Atropine; Bupivacaine; Central Nervous System Stimulants; Ephedrine; Morphine; Pharmaceutical Solutions; Pseudoephedrine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients undergoing spinal anesthesia for elective Cesarean section

• Patients in ASA Physical Status Class I or II

• Informed written consent to participation

• Positive Supine Stress Test

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any known fetal pathology

• Indication to general anesthesia

• Known allergy to any of the study drugs