Active clinical trials for "Hypotension"

Doses of intrathecal bupivacaine based on patients either height or height and weight has shown to lower the risk of maternal hypotension with similar quality of anesthesia compared to conventional doses. In clinical practice there is a tendency of reducing the dose of bupivacaine as either low fixed dose or using the doses based on either height and weight or height (0.06mg/cm) alone in parturient with short stature. However, there is lack of evidence regarding the appropriate dose required in this group of patients. Therefore, our aim is to compare the height versus height and weight based intrathecal bupivacaine dose for elective caesarean on maternal haemodynamics in short stature patients.

Hypotension occurs commonly during spinal anesthesia for caesarean section with maternal and fetal adverse effects. The investigators developed a double-vasopressor automated system incorporating continuous non-invasive arterial pressure monitoring (CNAP, CNSystems, Austria).

In this study, the effects of nicardipine and esmolol applied for controlled hypotension in rhinoplasty on hemodynamics and regional renal oxygenation will be investigated.

Postspinal hypotension (PSH) is a common side effect with an incidence of 15.3 to 33% that can result in organ hypoperfusion and ischemic events. In pregnant patients, this incidence may increase to 70% and severe PSH increases the risk of maternal and fetal complications. Therefore, it is extremely important for anesthesiologists to recognize PSH early and treat it quickly during cesarean sections. Integrated pulmonary index (IPI) is an algorithm that has been used recently. IPI takes into account four parameters: respiratory rate, end tidal CO2, heart rate and O2 saturation. Capnography device measuring IPI can continuously monitor and display the patient's respiratory status in a single digit range from 1-10. This index value can be observed continuously on the monitor as digital data or as a waveform. "10" indicates a normal respiratory condition, while "1" indicates that the patient requires immediate intervention. The relationship between values and the patient status is evaluated as follows; 10 = Normal, 8-9 = Normal range, 7 = Near normal range; Requires attention, 5-6 = Requires attention and may require intervention, 3-4 = Requires intervention, 1-2 = Requires immediate intervention. IPI monitorization is mostly used during sedation (gastroscopy, cardioversion), intensive care units (for adjusting mechanical ventilator settings, monitoring the weaning process). As a result, IPI monitoring has attracted attention because it allows non-invasive, dynamic and real-time measurement, reflects respiratory status with high specificity and sensitivity, and enables respiratory problems to be detected earlier. End tidal CO2, which is one of the 4 parameters that IPI value takes into account, is a parameter that can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of ventilation, but is also related to cardiac output (CO) because the delivery of CO2 to the pulmonary system depends on it. Studies have shown that ETCO2 value correlatively decreases when CO decrease, in cases such as hypotension and hypovolemia. We think that ETCO2 will decrease due to pulmonary hypoperfusion in post spinal hypotension and it may cause a change in IPI value. In our study, we will monitor patients who are scheduled for cesarean section under spinal anesthesia with a capnometry device and we will try to determine the significance of IPI monitorization in predicting hypotension.

Postspinal hypotension (PSH) is a common side effect with an incidence of 15.3% to 33%, which may result in organ hypoperfusion and ischemic events (1,2). In pregnant patients, this incidence may increase to 70% and severe PSH may increase the risk of maternal and fetal complications (3). Therefore, it is important for anesthesiologists to estimate the incidence of PSH in cesarean sections and to identify possible mechanisms (4). One of the important factors affecting the susceptibility of patients to intraoperative hypotension is the preoperative intravascular volume status. Recently, ultrasonography of the central veins has been used frequently by anesthesiologists in the preoperative period in order to evaluate the intravascular volume status (5). Salama and Elkashlan stated that the collapsibility index of the inferior vena cava is a new predictive value for PSH (6). Choi et al. showed that the subclavian vein or infraclavicular axillary vein collapsibility index is an important predictive value for hypotension after induction of general anesthesia (7). In this study, we wanted to investigate whether the subclavian vein or infraclavicular axillary vein collapsibility index can be used as a predictive value for PSH in cesarean section.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the potency between prophylactic norepinephrine and phenylephrine boluses for postspinal anesthesia hypotension in patients undergoing caesarean section.

This study evaluate the ability of phenylephrine and of noradrenaline to maintain normal systemic arterial blood pressure and heart rate in healthy pregnant women submitted to cesarean section with spinal anesthesia. Half of participants will receive bolus of phenylephrine while the other half will receive bolus of noradrenaline.

In this study the investigators will compare two doses of norepinephrine bolus (6 mcg and 10 mcg) in management of maternal hypotensive episode after subarachnoid block during Cesarean delivery.

Objective: The primary aim of this 60 patient feasibility trial is to determine if, for critically ill patients treated with SLED for AKI, randomization to receive albumin (25%) boluses versus normal saline placebo boluses is feasible, with respect to the recruitment rate, blinding and adherence to the protocol.

Inadequate identification of and subsequent delayed therapy for patients with hypoperfusion (including hypovolemia, congestive heart failure and sepsis) is a common problem faced by physicians and intensivists caring for critically ill patients. Bedside clinical assessment is notoriously inaccurate in diagnosing complex etiologies of hemodynamic disturbances and in deciding on the appropriate therapy. Invasive techniques which are often required to guide diagnosis and therapy have significant risks associated with them, are costly, and are time consuming. New technology has been developed that allows for instantaneous, noninvasive monitoring of key hemodynamic parameters, like stroke volume, peak velocity and cardiac output. This new technology has the potential to improve recognition of the etiology of hemodynamic disturbances and assist the clinician in optimizing therapy based on changes in hemodynamic parameters. There is significant potential for this to be translated into improved outcomes in critically ill patients, but this has never been studied.