Intrathecal Levobupivacaine With Opioids for Caesarean Section

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

Summary

In this prospective, randomized, double-blind, controlled study, the aim was to compare the effect of adding fentanyl (10 µg) or sufentanil (2.5 µg) to levobupivacaine (2.2±0.2 ml 0.5%) on the intraoperative anesthesia quality, block characteristics, the side effects on the newborn and mother, the duration of postoperative analgesia, and surgeon satisfaction score.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Baskent University
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Atropine; Bupivacaine; Diclofenac; Diphenhydramine; Ephedrine; Fentanyl; Levobupivacaine; Meperidine; Metoclopramide; Promethazine; Propofol; Pseudoephedrine; Sufentanil

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant women

• above 18 years of age

• gestational pregnancy age ≥ 36 weeks

• height ≥ 155 cm

• weight ≤110 kg

• fetal weight ≥ 2500 g)

• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Physical Status of I to II

• elective caesarean section surgeries were enrolled.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Local anesthetic allergy

• history of hypersensitivity and anaphylactic reactions

• emergency surgery

• preeclampsia