Jsmc-10378

THE HEMODYNAMIC EFFECTS OF COMBINED SPINAL-EPIDURAL VERSUS SPINAL ANESTHESIA IN CESAREAN SECTION

Mohanned Wajeeh Saeed Zerary a, Van Nasih Mohammed b, and Amir Murad Khudadad Boujan c

a  Sulaimani Teaching Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. 

b Royal Hospital, Sulaimani. Ministry of Health. Kurdistan Region, Iraq.

c College of the Medicine, University of Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.

Submitted: 27/5/2022; Accepted: 21/10/2022; Published: 21/12/2022

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.17656/jsmc.10378 

ABSTRACT 

Background 

Hypotension and bradycardia are the main problems in parturients anesthetized with spinal anesthesia for cesarean section. It is a common cause of maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality; the combined spinal-epidural anesthesia technique is a new way to solve the problem.

Objectives 

The hemodynamic effects of combined spinal-epidural anesthesia will be compared to spinal anesthesia alone in cesarean section.

Patients and Methods

After the approval of the local ethical committee and taking patients’ consent, 100 parturients at Sulaimani Maternity Hospital scheduled for cesarean section were involved in the study. They were divided into two groups; group S (n_50) received (3ml) of bupivacaine in a single spinal shot technique. Group CSE (n_50) received (2 ml) of the same drug with the insertion of an epidural catheter to give additional doses later in a combined spinal-epidural technique. Blood pressure and pulse rate were measured regularly at 5 minutes intervals throughout the operation. After shifting the patient to the ward, they continued the measurement postoperatively for one hour with 15 minutes intervals. 

Results

Hypotension was more common in group S in 42 cases versus 7 in the CSE group. It was significant (P=0.012). Also, bradycardia occurred in 15 cases in the S group while it was only in 6 cases in the CSE group which were significant (P = 0.008).

Conclusion

The maternal hemodynamic changes were less significant with the combined Spinal-Epidural technique compared to routine spinal anesthesia of cesarean section.

KEYWORDS

Combined spinal-epidural, cesarean section, hypotension, bradycardia.

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