Utero-placental perfusions after epidural analgesia for cesarean section
Medical Journal of Cairo University [The]. 1991; 59 (4): 1121-1126
in English
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ABSTRACT
The blood flow resistance in the maternal utero-placental and fetal umbilical artery circulation were studied in 20 pregnant patients with uneventful pregnancy undergoing elective lower segment Caesarean section. The systolic/diastolic [A/B] ration for utero-placental and fetal umbilical circulation were determined by Doppler velocimetry waveform analysis and were used as an index blood flow resistance. Each patients received 1 liter intravenous crystalloid infusion before an epidural bupivacaine infection. Epidural anaesthesia resulted in significant decease in the maternal utero-placental systolic/diastolic [A/B] ration associated with a decrease in fetal umbilical artery [A/B] ratio. This study suggests a beneficial fetal effect from the improved maternal uterine perfusion after epidural anaesthesia
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Cesarean Section
Language:
English
Journal:
Med. J. Cairo Univ.
Year:
1991
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