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Variable versus fixed-rate infusion of phenylephrine during cesarean delivery: a randomized controlled trial.

Ahmed M HasaninSara HabibYaser AbdelwahabMohamed ElsayadMaha MostafaMarwa ZayedMohamed Maher KamelKareem HusseinSherin RefaatAhmed Y FoudaAhmed A WaliKhaled A ElshafaeiDoaa MahmoudSarah Amin
Published in: BMC anesthesiology (2019)
Both phenylephrine infusion regimens equally prevented maternal hypotension during cesarean delivery compared to intermittent boluses regimen. Due to higher number of physician interventions in the variable infusion regimen, the current recommendations which favor this regimen over fixed infusion regimen might need re-evaluation.
Keyphrases
  • low dose
  • emergency department
  • birth weight
  • weight loss
  • gestational age