Status:
COMPLETED
Can Augmentation Index (AIx) be Used to Predict Hypotension After Spinal Anesthesia?
Lead Sponsor:
University of British Columbia
Collaborating Sponsors:
Children's & Women's Health Centre of British Columbia
Conditions:
Hypotension
Cesarean Delivery
Eligibility:
FEMALE
19-45 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
A fall in blood pressure (hypotension) occurs in one third of spinal anesthetics administered to pregnant patients undergoing cesarean delivery. However, predicting which patients will experience hypo...
Detailed Description
At BC Women's Hospital (BCWH), anesthesiologists give spinal anesthesia for most elective cesarean deliveries. When the spinal medication is given, blood vessels expand in reaction to the spinal medic...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- All women undergoing elective or urgent cesarean delivery under spinal anesthesia
- Singleton Pregnancy
- Greater than 37 weeks gestation
- Healthy subjects with ASA 1 \& 2 classification of health
- Potential subjects need to be able to read and understand English unless independent (non-partner) translator available
Exclusion
- ASA 3 or above
- Emergency cesarean delivery for fetal heart rate abnormalities
- Cesarean delivery under general, epidural, or combined spinal epidural anesthesia
- Maternal age \<19 years
- Maternal infection
- Mothers with vascular disease - including hypertension/pre-eclampsia
- Mothers with Diabetes Mellitus
- Polyhdramnios
- Multiple Pregnancy
- Height \< 150cm or \> 180cm
- BMI \> 40
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
56 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00884026
Start Date
March 1 2009
End Date
March 1 2010
Last Update
January 23 2013
Active Locations (1)
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BC Women's Hospital Dept of Anesthesia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada