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• TITLE: Effect of Height Adjusted Dose of Intrathecal Hyperbaric Bupivacine for Elective Cesarean Section: A Study of 2 Different Concentrations

  AUTHORS: Mohamed Fouad Mohamed Elmeliegy, Mohamed Said Mostafa Elmeligy

  KEYWORDS: Cesarean Section, Height, Spinal Anesthesia, Local Anesthesia

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Anesthesiology, Vol.13 No.12, December 29, 2023

  ABSTRACT: Introduction: Study compare spinal anesthesia using hyperbaric bupivacine (0.5% - 0.75%) between fixed dose and height adjusted dose during elective cesarean section. Methods: Hundred parturients who had given their consent and were scheduled for elective cesarean section under spinal anesthesia, were divided into four groups—first group received 0.5% hyperbaric bupivacine fixed dose, the second group received 0.5% hyperbaric bupivacine in a dose adjusted to the height, the third received 0.75% hyperbaric bupivacine fixed dose, the fourth group received 0.75% hyperbaric bupivacine in a dose adjusted to height. The anesthesia onset time, haemodynamic changes, side effects and fetal outcome observed. Results: Spinal block provide excellent surgical anesthesia in all patients. Anesthesia onset time is longer in adjusted than fixed groups, in 0.5% (5 ± 0.816 vs. 3.84 ± 0.746) (P Conclusion: Adjusting dose of hyperbaric bupivacine (0.5% - 0.75%) to patient’s height, decreases the dose of bupivacine in use, it also provide adequate anesthesia for elective cesarean section with decrease the use of vasopressors, the incidence and severity of maternal hypotention also markedly reduced.