Spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section: How can we make it safer?

Dyer, R A

Spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section: How can we make it safer?

Journal Article

2004

Journal Title

South African Journal Anaesthesia and Analgesia

Link to Journal

http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ojaa20/current

Publisher

University of Cape Town

Department

Department of Anaesthesia

Faculty

Faculty of Health Sciences

Abstract

With the development of atraumatic spinal needles and the associated reduction in the incidence of post-spinal headache, spinal anaesthesia has become the favoured method of anaesthesia for caesarean section. In the UK in 2002, regional anaesthesia was employed for 95% of elective caesarean sections. Spinal anaesthesia was employed in 87% of these cases. Not only does this method avoid the problem of failed intubation, which occurs 8 times more frequently in the obstetric than the general surgical population, but other benefits include a lower morbidity, less blood loss and earlier bonding between mother and baby.

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