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Hu LJ, Mei Z, Shen YP, Sun HT, Sheng ZM, Chen XZ, Qian XW. Comparative Dose-Response Study of Phenylephrine Bolus for the Treatment of the First Episode of Spinal Anesthesia-Induced Hypotension for Cesarean Delivery in Severe Preeclamptic versus Normotensive Parturients. Drug Des Devel Ther 2022; 16:2189-2198. [PMID: 35837022 PMCID: PMC9275428 DOI: 10.2147/dddt.s368480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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- Li-Juan Hu
- Department of Anesthesiology, Women’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Women’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Xiaoshan Hospital, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Women’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Women’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Women’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Women’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Women’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
- Correspondence: Xiao-Wei Qian, Department of Anesthesiology, Women’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Xueshi Road 1, Hangzhou, 310006, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86-571-87061501, Fax +86 571 87061878, Email
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Mohta M, Bambode N, Chilkoti GT, Agarwal R, Malhotra RK, Batra P. Neonatal outcomes following phenylephrine or norepinephrine for treatment of spinal anaesthesia-induced hypotension at emergency caesarean section in women with fetal compromise - a randomised controlled study. Int J Obstet Anesth 2021; 49:103247. [PMID: 35012812 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2021.103247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Revised: 10/24/2021] [Accepted: 12/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Norepinephrine is as effective as phenylephrine for management of spinal anaesthesia-induced hypotension. Most of the studies comparing these vasopressors have been conducted in healthy pregnant women undergoing elective caesarean section. In the current study, we tested the null hypothesis that there is no difference in neonatal outcome when phenylephrine or norepinephrine is used to treat spinal anaesthesia-induced hypotension in women undergoing emergency caesarean section for fetal compromise. METHODS Patients undergoing caesarean section for fetal compromise who developed spinal anaesthesia-induced hypotension were randomised to receive phenylephrine 100 μg or norepinephrine 8 μg for treatment of each hypotensive episode, defined as systolic blood pressure <100 mmHg. Umbilical cord arterial and venous blood samples were obtained for blood gas analysis. The primary outcome measure was umbilical artery pH. RESULTS One hundred patients (50 in each group) were studied. There was no significant difference in umbilical artery pH between the two groups (mean difference 0.001; 95% CI -0.032 to 0.034). The number of hypotensive episodes, vasopressor boluses required, the incidence of bradycardia, heart rate and blood pressure trends following vasopressor administration, and the incidence of nausea/vomiting were not significantly different between groups. CONCLUSION Phenylephrine 100 μg and norepinephrine 8 μg were not significantly different in terms of neonatal outcome when administered as intravenous boluses for treatment of spinal anaesthesia-induced hypotension in parturients undergoing emergency caesarean sections for fetal compromise.
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- M Mohta
- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India.
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India
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- Delhi Cancer Registry, Dr. BRA IRCH, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India
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- Department of Paediatrics, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India
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Fichter JL, Nelson KE. Optimal Management of Hypotension During Cesarean Delivery Under Spinal Anesthesia. Adv Anesth 2019; 37:207-228. [PMID: 31677657 DOI: 10.1016/j.aan.2019.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- Jennifer L Fichter
- Department of Anesthesiology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, 9th Floor Janeway Tower, 1 Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, 9th Floor Janeway Tower, 1 Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
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Higgins N, Fitzgerald PC, van Dyk D, Dyer RA, Rodriguez N, McCarthy RJ, Wong CA. The Effect of Prophylactic Phenylephrine and Ephedrine Infusions on Umbilical Artery Blood pH in Women With Preeclampsia Undergoing Cesarean Delivery With Spinal Anesthesia: A Randomized, Double-Blind Trial. Anesth Analg 2019; 126:1999-2006. [PMID: 28953494 DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000002524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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BACKGROUND Spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery is associated with a high incidence of hypotension. Phenylephrine results in higher umbilical artery pH than ephedrine when used to prevent or treat hypotension in healthy women. We hypothesized that phenylephrine compared to ephedrine would result in higher umbilical artery pH in women with preeclampsia undergoing cesarean delivery with spinal anesthesia. METHODS This study was a randomized double-blind clinical trial. Nonlaboring women with preeclampsia scheduled for cesarean delivery with spinal anesthesia at Prentice Women's Hospital of Northwestern Medicine were randomized to receive prophylactic infusions of phenylephrine or ephedrine titrated to maintain systolic blood pressure >80% of baseline. Spinal anesthesia consisted of hyperbaric 0.75% bupivacaine 12 mg, fentanyl 15 µg, and morphine 150 µg. The primary outcome was umbilical arterial blood pH and the secondary outcome was umbilical artery base excess. RESULTS One hundred ten women were enrolled in the study and 54 per group were included in the analysis. There were 74 and 72 infants delivered in the ephedrine and phenylephrine groups, respectively. The phenylephrine:ephedrine ratio for umbilical artery pH was 1.002 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.997-1.007). Mean [standard deviation] umbilical artery pH was not different between the ephedrine 7.20 [0.10] and phenylephrine 7.22 [0.07] groups (mean difference -0.02, 95% CI of the difference -0.06 to 0.07; P = .38). Median (first, third quartiles) umbilical artery base excess was -3.4 mEq/L (-5.7 to -2.0 mEq/L) in the ephedrine group and -2.8 mEq/L (-4.6 to -2.2mEq/L) in the phenylephrine group (difference -0.6 mEq/L, 95% CI of the difference -1.6 to 0.3 mEq/L; P = .10). When adjusted for gestational age and infant gender, umbilical artery pH did not differ between groups. There were also no differences in the umbilical artery pH stratified by magnesium therapy or by the severity of preeclampsia. CONCLUSIONS We were unable to demonstrate a beneficial effect of phenylephrine on umbilical artery pH compared with ephedrine. Our findings suggest that phenylephrine may not have a clinically important advantage compared with ephedrine with regard to improved neonatal acid-base status when used to prevent spinal anesthesia-induced hypotension in women with preeclampsia undergoing cesarean delivery.
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- Nicole Higgins
- From the Department of Anesthesiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- From the Department of Anesthesiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- From the Department of Anesthesiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- From the Department of Anesthesiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- From the Department of Anesthesiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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Ramage S, Armstrong S, Fernando R. Update on Vasopressors for Cesarean Delivery. CURRENT ANESTHESIOLOGY REPORTS 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s40140-019-00315-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Heesen M, Rijs K, Hilber N, Ngan Kee W, Rossaint R, van der Marel C, Klimek M. Ephedrine versus phenylephrine as a vasopressor for spinal anaesthesia-induced hypotension in parturients undergoing high-risk caesarean section: meta-analysis, meta-regression and trial sequential analysis. Int J Obstet Anesth 2019; 37:16-28. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2018.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2018] [Revised: 10/01/2018] [Accepted: 10/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Kaneko T, Kariya N, Hirose M. Association between intraoperative phenylephrine administration and umbilical artery pH in women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: a retrospective cohort study. J Anesth 2018; 32:893-900. [PMID: 30377805 DOI: 10.1007/s00540-018-2572-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2017] [Accepted: 10/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE In healthy pregnant women undergoing Cesarean section, treatment of post-spinal hypotension (PSH) with phenylephrine is reportedly more efficacious than ephedrine in preventing a decline in umbilical artery pH (UApH), which is an indicator of fetal acidosis. However, phenylephrine has the potential to reduce placental blood flow and consequently decrease UApH in women who develop hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP), due to decreased cardiac function and placental vascular abnormalities. We aimed to verify the association between decreased UApH and phenylephrine administered before delivery to treat PSH in women with HDP. METHODS This single-center retrospective cohort study was conducted between April 2008 and October 2016 by assessing the records of pregnant women with confirmed or suspected HDP who underwent Cesarean section under spinal anesthesia. The association between phenylephrine and the primary endpoint of decreased UApH was investigated using logistic regression analysis and propensity score matching. RESULTS In the original cohort of 107 pregnant women with HDP, neither univariate nor multivariate analysis indicated a significant association between phenylephrine treatment and decreased UApH [crude odds ratio (OR) = 2.26; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.75-6.77; P = 0.14], (adjusted OR = 1.80; 95% CI 0.55-5.93; P = 0.33). Thirty patients each who were not treated with phenylephrine (control group) and were treated with phenylephrine (phenylephrine group) were matched by propensity score analysis. UApH [median (interquartile range)] was not significantly different between control and phenylephrine groups [7.30 (7.25-7.35) vs. 7.27 (7.25-7.30); P = 0.14]. CONCLUSION Intraoperative phenylephrine administration to treat PSH in women with HDP was not associated with decreased UApH.
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- Takahiko Kaneko
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Mukogawa-cho 1-1, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, 663-8501, Japan.
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Mukogawa-cho 1-1, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, 663-8501, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Mukogawa-cho 1-1, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, 663-8501, Japan
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Dyer R, Emmanuel A, Adams S, Lombard C, Arcache M, Vorster A, Wong C, Higgins N, Reed A, James M, Joolay Y, Schulein S, van Dyk D. A randomised comparison of bolus phenylephrine and ephedrine for the management of spinal hypotension in patients with severe preeclampsia and fetal compromise. Int J Obstet Anesth 2018; 33:23-31. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2017.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2017] [Revised: 07/23/2017] [Accepted: 08/05/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Kinsella SM, Carvalho B, Dyer RA, Fernando R, McDonnell N, Mercier FJ, Palanisamy A, Sia ATH, Van de Velde M, Vercueil A. International consensus statement on the management of hypotension with vasopressors during caesarean section under spinal anaesthesia. Anaesthesia 2017; 73:71-92. [DOI: 10.1111/anae.14080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 233] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- S. M. Kinsella
- Department of Anaesthesia; St Michael's Hospital; Bristol UK
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- Department of Anesthesiology; Stanford University School of Medicine; Stanford CA USA
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine; University of Cape Town; South Africa
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- Department of Anaesthesia; Hamad Women's Hospital; Doha Qatar
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine; King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women; Subiaco Australia
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- Département d'Anesthésie-Réanimation; Hôpital Antoine Béclère; Clamart France
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- Department of Anesthesiology; Washington University School of Medicine; St. Louis MO USA
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- Department of Women's Anaesthesia; KK Women's and Children's Hospital; Singapore
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- Department of Anesthesiology; UZ Leuven; Leuven Belgium
- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences; KU Leuven; Leuven Belgium
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine; King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; London UK
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Dusitkasem S, Herndon BH, Somjit M, Stahl DL, Bitticker E, Coffman JC. Comparison of Phenylephrine and Ephedrine in Treatment of Spinal-Induced Hypotension in High-Risk Pregnancies: A Narrative Review. Front Med (Lausanne) 2017; 4:2. [PMID: 28164084 PMCID: PMC5247437 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2017.00002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2016] [Accepted: 01/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Purpose To compare maternal and fetal effects of intravenous phenylephrine and ephedrine administration during spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery in high-risk pregnancies. Source An extensive literature search was conducted using the US National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE search engine, Cochrane review, and Google Scholar using search terms “ephedrine and phenylephrine,” “preterm and term and spinal hypotension,” “preeclampsia and healthy parturients,” or “multiple and singleton gestation and vasopressor.” Society of Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology meeting abstracts for the past 4 years were also searched for relevant studies. Principle findings Both phenylephrine and ephedrine can be safely used to counteract hypotension after spinal anesthesia in patients with uteroplacental insufficiency, pregnancy-induced hypertension, and in non-elective cesarean deliveries. Vasopressor requirements before delivery in high-risk cesarean sections are reduced compared to healthy parturients. Among the articles reviewed, there were no statistically significant differences in umbilical arterial pH, umbilical venous pH, incidence of fetal acidosis, Apgar scores, or maternal hypotension when comparing maternal phenylephrine and ephedrine use. Conclusion From the limited existing data, phenylephrine and ephedrine are both appropriate selections for treating or preventing hypotension induced by neuraxial blockade in high-risk pregnancies. There is no clear evidence that either medication is more effective at maintaining maternal blood pressure or has a superior safety profile in this setting. Further investigations are required to determine the efficacy, ideal dosing regimens, and overall safety of phenylephrine and ephedrine administration in high-risk obstetric patients, especially in the presence uteroplacental insufficiency.
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- Sasima Dusitkasem
- Department of Anesthesiology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA; Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center , Columbus, OH , USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA; Srinagarin Hospital, Khonkaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center , Columbus, OH , USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA; University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center , Columbus, OH , USA
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A randomized trial comparing prophylactic phenylephrine and ephedrine infusion during spinal anesthesia for emergency cesarean delivery in cases of acute fetal compromise. J Clin Anesth 2016; 34:208-15. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2016.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2015] [Revised: 03/03/2016] [Accepted: 03/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Mohta M, Aggarwal M, Sethi AK, Harisinghani P, Guleria K. Randomized double-blind comparison of ephedrine and phenylephrine for management of post-spinal hypotension in potential fetal compromise. Int J Obstet Anesth 2016; 27:32-40. [PMID: 27020488 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2016.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2015] [Revised: 02/05/2016] [Accepted: 02/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Most studies comparing phenylephrine and ephedrine have been conducted during elective caesarean sections in healthy mothers with no fetal compromise. The effect of vasopressors on fetal outcome may differ between healthy and compromised fetuses. There has been little research into the effect of phenylephrine and ephedrine, when used for management of post-spinal hypotension in the presence of potential fetal compromise. METHODS Healthy women with a singleton pregnancy undergoing emergency caesarean section for fetal compromise under spinal anaesthesia were studied. One-hundred-and-six consecutive subjects, who developed hypotension after spinal anaesthesia, were randomly allocated to two groups of 53 each, to receive either phenylephrine (Group P) or ephedrine (Group E). For every systolic blood pressure reading <100mmHg patients received phenylephrine 100μg or ephedrine 8mg depending on group allocation. Umbilical blood gas parameters and Apgar scores were recorded. RESULTS There was no statistically significant difference in umbilical arterial pH (P=0.79), umbilical venous pH (P=0.98), other blood gas parameters, incidence of fetal acidosis (P=1.00) and Apgar scores. The number of hypotensive episodes, vasopressor doses for treatment of the first hypotensive episode and the total number of doses used during the study period were comparable. The median [IQR] total number of doses of phenylephrine and ephedrine used before delivery were 2 [1-2] and 2 [1-2], respectively (P=0.67). More patients receiving ephedrine (24.5%) developed tachycardia than those receiving phenylephrine (3.8%) (P=0.004). Bradycardia was more common with phenylephrine, with 39.6% of patients in Group P as compared to only 1.9% of patients in Group E developing a heart rate <60beats/min after vasopressor administration (P=0.001). CONCLUSIONS Both phenylephrine 100μg and ephedrine 8mg boluses are equally efficacious when treating post-spinal hypotension in the presence of potential fetal compromise. However, phenylephrine may be a better choice in the presence of maternal tachycardia.
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- M Mohta
- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India.
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India
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Moaveni DM, Birnbach DJ, Ranasinghe JS, Yasin SY. Fetal Assessment for Anesthesiologists. Anesth Analg 2013; 116:1278-92. [DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e31828d33c5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review assesses the maternal and fetal effects of vasopressor administration during spinal anaesthesia for caesarean delivery, with emphasis on recent findings. RECENT FINDINGS Maternal heart rate is a good surrogate for cardiac output. The initial hypotensive effect of spinal anaesthesia is caused by a rapid decrease in systemic vascular resistance, which makes α-agonists the logical first-line therapy. Effective prophylactic phenylephrine administration can be associated with reduced maternal cardiac output, but this has not been associated with adverse maternal or fetal effects. Prophylactic phenylephrine infusion can cause hypertension if increasing arterial pressure does not trigger a timely reduction in the rate of administration. Phenylephrine has been used safely in mothers with cardiac disease and in pregnancies with suspected fetal compromise. Fetal genotype may increase resistance to ephedrine-induced acidosis. The combination of vagolytics and vasopressors has caused maternal hypertensive crises with serious adverse outcome. SUMMARY Phenylephrine is the current vasopressor of choice for the prevention of maternal hypotension and nausea. Phenylephrine regimens need to be developed that can reliably and safely be used with noninvasive blood pressure cycle times less frequent than every minute. Further vasopressor should be used with caution when vagolytic therapy is, quite rightly, used to treat bradycardia associated with hypotension.
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VEESER M, HOFMANN T, ROTH R, KLÖHR S, ROSSAINT R, HEESEN M. Vasopressors for the management of hypotension after spinal anesthesia for elective caesarean section. Systematic review and cumulative meta-analysis. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2012; 56:810-6. [PMID: 22313496 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2011.02646.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/21/2011] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Phenylephrine use has been recommended over ephedrine for the management of hypotension after spinal anesthesia for elective caesarean section. The evidence for this is rather limited because in previous trials, pH was significantly lower after ephedrine, but absolute values were still within normal range. We pooled the available data to define maternal and neonatal effects of the two vasopressors. METHODS Literature was identified by a systematic search. Hypotension, hypertension, and bradycardia of the mothers, fetal acidosis defined as a pH < 7.20, and the continuous variables base excess (BE) and arterial pCO(2) of the neonates were recorded. Meta-analysis using the random effects model was performed, and the weighted mean difference (WMD) or risk ratio (RR), and 95% confidence interval (95% CI) were calculated. RESULTS The criteria for eligibility were fulfilled by 20 trials including 1069 patients. The RR of true fetal acidosis was 5.29 (95%CI 1.62-17.25, ) for ephedrine vs. phenylephrine (P = 0.006). BE values after ephedrine use were significantly lower than after phenylephrine (WMD -1.17; 95% CI -2.01 - -0.33). Umbilical artery pCO(2) did not differ. Mothers treated with ephedrine had a lower risk for bradycardia (RR 0.17; 95%CI 0.07-0.43; P = 0.004). No differences between vasopressors were observed for hypotension and hypertension. CONCLUSIONS Our analysis could clearly demonstrate a decreased risk of fetal acidosis associated with phenylephrine use. In addition with our findings for BE, this suggests a favorable effect of phenylephrine on fetal outcome parameters. The mechanism of pH depression is not related to pCO(2) .
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- M. VEESER
- Department of Anaesthesiology; Klinikum am Bruderwald Sozialstiftung Bamberg; Bamberg; Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology; Klinikum am Bruderwald Sozialstiftung Bamberg; Bamberg; Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology; Klinikum am Bruderwald Sozialstiftung Bamberg; Bamberg; Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology; Klinikum am Bruderwald Sozialstiftung Bamberg; Bamberg; Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology; University of Aachen; Aachen; Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology; Klinikum am Bruderwald Sozialstiftung Bamberg; Bamberg; Germany
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Cooper D, Schofield L, Hynd R, Selvan D, Lloyd A, Meek T, Winnard J. Prospective evaluation of systolic arterial pressure control with a phenylephrine infusion regimen during spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section. Int J Obstet Anesth 2012; 21:245-52. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2012.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2011] [Revised: 01/23/2012] [Accepted: 02/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Fluid and vasopressor management for Cesarean delivery under spinal anesthesia: continuing professional development. Can J Anaesth 2012; 59:604-19. [PMID: 22528166 DOI: 10.1007/s12630-012-9705-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2011] [Accepted: 03/20/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The purpose of this Continuing Professional Development module is to review the physiology of maternal hypotension induced by spinal anesthesia in pregnant women, and the effects of fluids and vasopressors. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Maternal hypotension induced by spinal anesthesia is caused mainly by peripheral vasodilatation and is not usually associated with a decrease in cardiac output. Although the intravenous administration of fluids helps to increase cardiac output, it does not always prevent maternal hypotension. Three strategies of fluid administrations are equivalent for the prevention of maternal hypotension and a reduced need for vasopressors: (1) colloid preload; (2) colloid coload; and (3) crystalloid coload. Crystalloid preload is not as effective as any of those three strategies. Unlike phenylephrine, ephedrine can cause fetal acidosis. Therefore, phenylephrine is recommended as first line treatment of maternal hypotension. A phenylephrine infusion (25-50 μg x min(-1)) appears to be more effective than phenylephrine boluses to prevent hypotension, and nausea and vomiting. In pre-eclamptic patients, spinal anesthesia produces less hypotension than in normal pregnant women and fluid volumes up to 1,000 mL are usually well tolerated. Therefore mild to moderate intravascular volume loading is recommended, keeping in mind the increased risk for pulmonary edema in this population. In pre-eclamptic patients, hypotension can be treated either with ephedrine or phenylephrine, and phenylephrine infusions are not recommended. CONCLUSION A volume loading regimen other than crystalloid preload should be adopted. A phenylephrine infusion during elective Cesarean delivery is beneficial for the mother and safe for the newborn.
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Habib AS. A review of the impact of phenylephrine administration on maternal hemodynamics and maternal and neonatal outcomes in women undergoing cesarean delivery under spinal anesthesia. Anesth Analg 2011; 114:377-90. [PMID: 22104076 DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3182373a3e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Phenylephrine is effective for the management of spinal anesthesia-induced hypotension in parturients undergoing cesarean delivery under spinal anesthesia. While ephedrine was previously considered the vasopressor of choice in obstetric patients, phenylephrine is increasingly being used. This is largely due to studies suggesting improved fetal acid-base status with the use of phenylephrine as well as the low incidence of hypotension and its related side effects with prophylactic phenylephrine regimens. This review highlights the effects of phenylephrine compared with ephedrine on maternal hemodynamics (arterial blood pressure, heart rate, and cardiac output), and occurrence of intraoperative nausea and vomiting. The impact of the administration of phenylephrine as a bolus for the treatment of established hypotension compared with its administration as a prophylactic infusion is discussed. This article also reviews the impact of phenylephrine compared with ephedrine on uteroplacental perfusion, and fetal outcomes such as neonatal acid-base status and Apgar scores. The optimum dosing regimen for phenylephrine administration is also discussed.
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- Ashraf S Habib
- Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
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