Effects of sitting up for 5 minutes vs. immediately lying down after spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery on fluid and ephedrine requirement

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Post-spinal hypotension at cesarean delivery; Anaesthesiology - Anaesthetics; Reproductive Health and Childbirth - Childbirth and postnatal care; Surgery - Other surgery

• Registration Number: ACTRN12611000746932
• Lead Sponsor: King Abdulaziz University

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2011-07-18
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

Females
- 18-40 years of age
- Pregnant at term (greater than or equal to 37 weeks gestation)
- Singleton uncomplicated pregnancy
- American Society of Anesthesiologists’ physical class I or II

Exclusion Criteria

- hypertension
- any hypertensive disease of pregnancy
- diabetes mellitus
- any contraindication to regional anesthesia
- allergy to any of the study medications

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Total intraoperative fluid requirement[At the end of surgery];Total intraoperative ephedrine requirement[At the end of surgery]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Systolic blood pressure will be measured using a standard automated non-invasive blood pressure and heart rate measuring device[At baseline and every 2 minutes after spinal anesthesia for a total of 20 minutes];Heart rate will be measured using a standard automated non-invasive blood pressure and heart rate measuring device[At baseline and every 2 minutes after spinal anesthesia for a total of 20 minutes];Maximum height of sensory block will be assessed clinically by the blinded anesthesiologist using an ice cube[Ten minutes after the administration of spinal anesthesia (before the start of surgery)]