ABSTRACT
Objective: To compare the effects of general anaesthesia and spinal anaesthesia on APGAR SCORES in neonates born to full term elective cesarean sections
Design: Randomized prospective study.
Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital from March 2009 to July 2009
Material and Methods: The study was performed on 60 healthy full term patients lying in American Society of Anaesthesiologist-1 category presenting for elective lower segment cesarean section. Thirty patients were given general anaesthesia and other 30 patients received spinal anaesthesia. The Apgar scores were recorded at 1 minute and 5 minutes interval after each delivery
Results: Patients undergoing general anesthesia, who had short time interval between induction of anaesthesia and delivery, gave birth to neonates having Apgar Score >/=7 at 5 minutes interval and there was less difference in the effects of general and spinal anaesthesia on the Apgar Score of such neonates
Conclusion: There was no significant difference between the effects of general anaesthesia and spinal anaesthesia on Apgar score of neonates at 5 minutes interval after birth, born after full term elective cesarean section