Comparison of the effects of Spinal Anesthesia on QT Dispersion in women electing to undergo Caesarean section.

Completed

• Conditions: otherwise healthy parturients planned for cesarean section; Anaesthesiology - Other anaesthesiology; Reproductive Health and Childbirth - Childbirth and postnatal care; Surgery - Other surgery

• Registration Number: ACTRN12617000661370
• Lead Sponsor: Harran University School of Medicine, Research and Training Hospital

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2017-05-08
• Study Completion: 2018-01-08
• Last Update Posted: 15 July 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

Forty pregnant women age between greater than or equal to 18 and less than or equal to 45,
height greater than or equal to 1.60 cm, weight between greater than or equal to 60 and less than or equal to 100 kg,
placed in the ASA risk group I-II in their preanesthetic evaluation and scheduled for elective cesarean surgery will included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion criteria is refusal to participate in the study, the existence of brain tumors, scalded skin syndrome (SSS infection), spinal cord and peripheral nervous system diseases (poliomyelitis, multiple sclerosis, demyelinating diseases), hemorrhagic and hypovolemic shock, severe anemia, increased intracranial pressure, aortic and valvular heart disease, cardiac decompensation, systemic infection (generalized sepsis and bacteremia), local infection (dermal infections in puncture site of spinal needle, etc.), congenital spinal anomalies, scoliosis, post-traumatic vertebral injuries, vertebral colon metastatic lesions, increased abdominal pressure, chronic severe headache, anticoagulant drug use and anatomic diffi culties, electrolyte disturbances diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, cardiomyopathy, atrial and/or ventricular hypertrophy on ECG, cardiomegaly, valvular disease, cardiac failure or chronic disease, patients with excessive smoking and alcohol consumption and used medication causing QT interval prolongation.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified