Weight gain during pregnancy does not influence the spread of spinal analgesia in the term parturient
(1997) In Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica 41(7). p.884-887- Abstract
- BACKGROUND: It is still controversial whether the spread of spinal anaesthesia in pregnancy is influenced by particular physique. Investigation was based on a clinical observation that parturients with a pronounced "pregnant" physique, e.g. generalised oedema and heavy abdomen, tended to develop more cephalad sensory blockades than parturients without these physical signs. Using weight gain during pregnancy as a measure for the physique at term, we aimed to determine whether this parameter influences the distribution of analgesia after subarachnoidal injection of plain bupivacaine. METHODS: Thirty women presenting for elective Caesarean section were studied. All the women received 13.5 mg plain bupivacaine via subarachnoid injection at the... (More)
- BACKGROUND: It is still controversial whether the spread of spinal anaesthesia in pregnancy is influenced by particular physique. Investigation was based on a clinical observation that parturients with a pronounced "pregnant" physique, e.g. generalised oedema and heavy abdomen, tended to develop more cephalad sensory blockades than parturients without these physical signs. Using weight gain during pregnancy as a measure for the physique at term, we aimed to determine whether this parameter influences the distribution of analgesia after subarachnoidal injection of plain bupivacaine. METHODS: Thirty women presenting for elective Caesarean section were studied. All the women received 13.5 mg plain bupivacaine via subarachnoid injection at the L2-3 interspace. Thirty minutes after the injection, while the women were in the supine position with a left lateral tilt on a horizontal operating table, the maximum cephalad extent of sensory analgesia (loss of sensation to sharpness of pinprick) was determined. RESULTS: Neither weight gain during pregnancy (6-22 kg, range), height (152-185 cm), weight (56-98 kg) nor body-mass index (20.2-31.8 kg/m2) correlated with the cephalad spread of sensory blockade. CONCLUSION: In parturients, weight gain during pregnancy, height, weight and body-mass index did not influence the extent of sensory analgesia after subarachnoidal administration of plain bupivacaine. (Less)
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- Ekelof, N P ; Jensen, E ; Poulsen, J and Reinstrup, Peter LU
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- 884 - 887
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abstract = {{BACKGROUND: It is still controversial whether the spread of spinal anaesthesia in pregnancy is influenced by particular physique. Investigation was based on a clinical observation that parturients with a pronounced "pregnant" physique, e.g. generalised oedema and heavy abdomen, tended to develop more cephalad sensory blockades than parturients without these physical signs. Using weight gain during pregnancy as a measure for the physique at term, we aimed to determine whether this parameter influences the distribution of analgesia after subarachnoidal injection of plain bupivacaine. METHODS: Thirty women presenting for elective Caesarean section were studied. All the women received 13.5 mg plain bupivacaine via subarachnoid injection at the L2-3 interspace. Thirty minutes after the injection, while the women were in the supine position with a left lateral tilt on a horizontal operating table, the maximum cephalad extent of sensory analgesia (loss of sensation to sharpness of pinprick) was determined. RESULTS: Neither weight gain during pregnancy (6-22 kg, range), height (152-185 cm), weight (56-98 kg) nor body-mass index (20.2-31.8 kg/m2) correlated with the cephalad spread of sensory blockade. CONCLUSION: In parturients, weight gain during pregnancy, height, weight and body-mass index did not influence the extent of sensory analgesia after subarachnoidal administration of plain bupivacaine.}},
author = {{Ekelof, N P and Jensen, E and Poulsen, J and Reinstrup, Peter}},
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language = {{eng}},
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publisher = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
series = {{Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica}},
title = {{Weight gain during pregnancy does not influence the spread of spinal analgesia in the term parturient}},
volume = {{41}},
year = {{1997}},
}