NCT00815022

Influence of Anesthetic Temperature on Cephalad Sensory Blockade With Spinal Anesthesia

Influence of Anesthetic Temperature on Cephalad Sensory Blockade With Spinal Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 400 (actual)
• Sponsor: Nanjing Medical University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 19 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Several factors influence the extension of anesthetic mixture during spinal anesthesia including anesthetic gravity, body position, drug volume, and drug-delivering velocity. However, the effect of temperature of anesthetic mixture on the cephalad sensory blockade is hitherto unknown. The investigators hypothesized that different temperatures of the anesthetic mixture had different velocity of extension after spinal anesthesia. In addition, previous studies suggest that parturients have relative higher sensitivity to temperature. Herein the investigators proposed that the temperature of anesthetic mixture had more extensive effect on the cephalad sensory blockade with spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery.

Conditions

• Cesarean Delivery

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	bupivacaine/fentanyl/morphine	Hyperbaric bupivacaine 12 mg, fentanyl 10 microg and morphine 200 microg

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-12-01
• Primary completion: 2012-11-01
• Completion: 2012-12-01
• First posted: 2008-12-29
• Last updated: 2014-01-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China