NCT01516697

Non-invasive Cardiac Output Monitoring in Obstetric Patients

Using Thoracic Electrical Bioimpedance to Measure Stroke Volume and Cardiac Output in Patients Under Spinal Anesthesia for Cesarean Section

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators hypothesize that continuously measuring stroke volume (SV) and cardiac output (CO) will 1) reveal hemodynamic instability in a timely manner and alert the physician promptly, 2) provide information for the physician to make the differential diagnosis as to whether the hemodynamic instability was due to vasodilatation or reduction of venous blood return, and 3) lead to appropriate and prompt treatment to improve patient outcome. -determine the SV and CO and their kinetic change using ICON® to establish a hemodynamic profile of the patient under spinal anesthesia for cesarean section. To determine if using instantaneous measurements of SV and CO to guide patient management improves hemodynamic stability.

Conditions

• Complications; Cesarean Section
• Anesthesia; Adverse Effect, Spinal and Epidural

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	experimental	Non-invasive cardiac output monitoring using thoracic electric bioimpedance analysis via ICON® in addition of the standard monitoring during cesarean section.
PROCEDURE	Control	Data obtained from the non-invasive cardiac output monitor,ICON®, are not available for the anesthesia care providers.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-10-01
• Primary completion: 2012-09-01
• Completion: 2012-09-01
• First posted: 2012-01-25
• Last updated: 2017-01-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States