None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
General anaesthesia for caesarean section is associated with higher mortality and serious complication rates in the mother than regional anaesthesia. Over the last decade there has been a trend towards less frequent use of GA. There is little data on current anaesthetic practice for GA for caesarean section, and a number of changes to practice have been recommended and new drugs and technolgies been available in recent years. We hope our study will provide new information about practice patterns, certain risks and complications, and identify potential areas of research.
Interventions
The aims of this prospective survey will be to collect contemporary perioperative data in parturients undergoing general anaesthesia for caesarean section in Australasia. The 2 key objectives will be
1. To identify the number of patients identified as difficult to intubate and the approximte incidence of failed intubation in an Australasian population
2. To approximate the incidence of awareness.
Other objectives will be to define patient demographics and details of general anaesthesia for
The aims of this prospective survey will be to collect contemporary perioperative data in parturients undergoing general anaesthesia for caesarean section in Australasia. The 2 key objectives will be 1. To identify the number of patients identified as difficult to intubate and the approximte incidence of failed intubation in an Australasian population 2. To approximate the incidence of awareness. Other objectives will be to define patient demographics and details of general anaesthesia for caesarean section in contemporary Australasian practice.
Sponsors
Professor Michael Paech
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Patients undergoing elective or emergency caesarean section under general anaesthesia between 1.6.05 and 31.5.06.
Exclusion criteria
Parturients under 18 years of age.
Outcome results
None listed