Spinal anesthesia in recent years has become the standard practice in women undergoing Cesarean delivery. Several prophylactic methods have been proposed to prevent maternal hypotension during spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section. Maternal hypotension is commonly associated with negative effects on the fetus, such as lack of oxygen and poor neonatal outcome. Since November 2004 at Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany, there has been a change in clinical practice with regard to the applied prophylactic methods: before that time, patients did not receive vasopressor drugs prophylactically, only after significant signs of maternal hypotension. After that time, all patients received prophylactic ephedrine.
The aim of this clinical trial was to compare the effects and consequences for the neonatal outcome of this change in our standard procedure for the prevention of hypotension, and to identify evidence-based recommendations for clinical practice.
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Spinal anesthesia in recent years has become the standard practice in women undergoing Cesarean delivery. Several prophylactic methods have been proposed to prevent maternal hypotension during spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section. Maternal hypotension is commonly associated with negative effects on the fetus, such as lack of oxygen and poor neonatal outcome. Since November 2004 at Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany, there has been a change in clinical practice with regard to the appli...
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