None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
There are more than twenty factors in the literature defined to effect the spinal anesthesia spread. In patients with a larger hip size and a narrow shoulder size, more cephalad spread of spinal anesthesia induced with a fixed amount of hyperbaric bupivacaine is observed. We hypothesized that the increase in cephalad spread is strongly correlated with the increased hip/shoulder size ratio. Age, weight, height, body mass index, hip size, shoulder size, hip/shoulder size ratio, vertebral column length were recorded for 75 term parturient. The L4-L5 interspace was entered and 2ml 0.5% hyperbaric bupivacaine was given intrathecal in 10 seconds without barbotage. Pearson Correlation Test was performed for the correlation between age, height, weight, body mass index, hip/shoulder size ratio, and vertebral column length
Interventions
2ml 0.5% hyperbaric bupivacaine was injected intrathecally in 10 seconds without barbotage as a single dose from L4-L5 interspace of spinal cord by an anesthesiologist. The dose administered was controlled by the study staff as a standard dose of 2ml according to study protocol. Surgery started when the level of spinal anesthesia reached T6 dermatome
Sponsors
Mehmet Canturk
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Primary purpose
Treatment
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 45 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
patients consenting to spinal anesthesia for cesarean section
Exclusion criteria
patients rejecting spinal anesthesia or any contraindication for spinal anesthesia
Outcome results
None listed