Dexmedetomidine as a part of general anaesthesia for caesarean delivery in patients with pre-eclampsia: A randomised double-blinded trial.

Background: During general anaesthesia, endotracheal intubation of patients with pre-eclampsia causes stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system and catecholamine release, which may lead to maternal and neonatal complications.

Objective: To attenuate both the stress response and the haemodynamic response to tracheal intubation in patients with pre-eclampsia.

Design: A randomised, double-blind, controlled study.