Consensus guideline for managing spinal hypotension at cesarean delivery (December 2017)
An international expert panel of anesthesiologists has developed a consensus statement for the management of spinal hypotension during cesarean delivery [6]. Important recommendations include prophylactic intravenous phenylephrine infusion titrated to maintain systolic arterial pressure ≥90 percent of baseline, left uterine displacement, and intravenous fluid coloading. (See "Anesthesia for cesarean delivery", section on 'Vasopressors'.)
Delayed respiratory depression after neuraxial morphine at cesarean delivery (November 2017)
The incidence of delayed respiratory depression after neuraxial morphine at cesarean delivery is unknown. In a prospective observational study of patients who received intrathecal morphine 150 mcg at cesarean delivery, a mild oxygen desaturation event (median peripheral arterial oxygen saturation [SpO2]
An international expert panel of anesthesiologists has developed a consensus statement for the management of spinal hypotension during cesarean delivery [6]. Important recommendations include prophylactic intravenous phenylephrine infusion titrated to maintain systolic arterial pressure ≥90 percent of baseline, left uterine displacement, and intravenous fluid coloading. (See "Anesthesia for cesarean delivery", section on 'Vasopressors'.)
Delayed respiratory depression after neuraxial morphine at cesarean delivery (November 2017)
The incidence of delayed respiratory depression after neuraxial morphine at cesarean delivery is unknown. In a prospective observational study of patients who received intrathecal morphine 150 mcg at cesarean delivery, a mild oxygen desaturation event (median peripheral arterial oxygen saturation [SpO2]