Wendy H C Song, Aanisah Golam, Halle Golding, Andrew Poznikoff, Prakash Krishnan, Robert Baird
A comparison of operative and anesthetic techniques for inguinal hernia repair in infants
Journal of pediatric surgery
one common methods anaesthesia caesarean sections css involves use spinal anaesthesia mothers various positions utilized method study aims compare evaluation two positions trendelenburg reverse trendelenburg candidates cs assess duration anaesthesia changes vital signs women study randomized clinical trial 60 pregnant mothers met inclusion criteria entered study mothers randomly allocated two equal groups using block randomization one group patients received spinal anaesthesia trendelenburg position group received reverse trendelenburg position vital signs systolic diastolic blood pressure heart rate apgar score spo2 participants groups evaluated 1 h induction anaesthesia additionally sensory level duration anaesthesia measured finally data groups subjected statistical analysis using spss version 26 software mean sd age participating mothers reverse trendelenburg trendelenburg groups 2893 582 3097 494 respectively two study groups significantly differ baseline characteristics age bmi could potentially impact vital sign outcomes anaesthesia duration education p005 mean sd duration anaesthesia trendelenburg position significantly higher reverse trendelenburg position 22157min vs 15900min p00001 significant difference two positions trendelenburg reverse trendelenburg terms sensory level extent p008 two study groups significantly differ hemodynamic changes measured 13 times including heart rate systolic diastolic blood pressure apgar score p005 spinal anaesthesia trendelenburg position compared reverse trendelenburg position longer duration anaesthesia two positions differ terms hemodynamic changes sensory level