Adrenaline or noradrenaline for spinal hypotension during caesarean section – beware; the cure may be worse than the disease

RA Dyer; B Carvalho; M Blockman; C Pfister

Adrenaline or noradrenaline for spinal hypotension during caesarean section – beware; the cure may be worse than the disease

Authors

RA Dyer University of Cape Town https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8165-9098
B Carvalho Stanford University School of Medicine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4919-4542
M Blockman University of Cape Town https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7240-8812
C Pfister University of Cape Town https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4197-3696

Abstract

The management of spinal hypotension during caesarean section remains an important clinical challenge. Currently, more women are reported to die during spinal- than general anaesthesia in obstetrics, according to the Report on Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths in South Africa.¹

Author Biographies

RA Dyer, University of Cape Town

Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa

B Carvalho, Stanford University School of Medicine

Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University School of Medicine, United States of America

M Blockman, University of Cape Town

Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa

C Pfister, University of Cape Town

Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Published

2024-09-06

Issue

Vol. 30 No. 4 (2024)

Section

Editorial

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