Effects of isothermic crystalloid coload on maternal hypotension and fetal outcomes during spinal anesthesia for cesarean section: A randomized controlled trial.

Objective: Spinal anesthesia induced hypotension (SAIH) is a common occurrence during spinal anesthesia for cesarean section resulting in perturbing effects on maternal and fetal outcomes. Previous studies conducted to attenuate SAIH focused on the timing of intravenous fluid infusion and demonstrated the superiority of coload strategy on traditional preload strategy but neither of them focused on the effect of the temperature of crystalloid infused on SAIH and fetal outcomes. The current study aimed to assess the effect of the temperature of the crystalloid infused with coload strategy on the incidence of SAIH and fetal outcomes.

Abdominal girth has a strong correlation with ultrasound-estimated epidural depth in parturients: a prospective observational study.

Background: Preprocedural ultrasound examination of vertebral column guides to locate desired intervertebral space and provides a prevision of needle trajectory and estimated needle depth in parturients. The objective of this study was to assess the correlation between ultrasound-estimated epidural depth (ED) with abdominal girth (AG), body mass index (BMI), weight, height, and age.

Methods: In this prospective, observational study, ultrasound imaging was done at L3-4 interspace in transverse median plane (TP) and paramedian sagittal oblique plane (PSO) to obtain ultrasound estimates of skin to epidural space depth.

[The effects of crystalloid warming on maternal body temperature and fetal outcomes: a randomized controlled trial].

Background And Objectives: Hypothermia occurs in about 60% of patients under anesthesia and is generally not managed properly during short lasting surgical procedures. Hypothermia is associated with adverse clinical outcomes. The current study is designed to assess the effects of crystalloid warming on maternal and fetal outcomes in patients undergoing elective cesarean section with spinal anesthesia.