Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Oct 1988
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialLower limb compression using inflatable splints to prevent hypotension during spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section.
The efficacy of pneumatic compression of the lower limbs using inflatable leg splints in prevention of hypotension during spinal anaesthesia was assessed in an open study of 46 patients undergoing elective caesarean section. All patients received 15 ml/kg of Hartmann's solution before spinal anaesthesia and were tilted to the left to minimise aortocaval compression. ⋯ Blood pressure was measured by a cuff method at 1-min intervals until the commencement of surgery. Hypotension was less common (P less than 0.05) and less severe (P less than 0.05) in splint-treated patients, but the incidence was unacceptably high in both treated (48%) and control (83%) groups.