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Cardiac output changes during Caesarean section
Author(s) -
NEWMAN B.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1982.tb01097.x
Subject(s) - medicine , caesarean section , cardiac output , reproducibility , anesthesia , general anaesthesia , cardiology , pregnancy , hemodynamics , statistics , genetics , mathematics , biology
Summary A non‐invasive technique of measuring cardiac output changes is described and studies of its accuracy and reproducibility are reviewed. Cardiac output changes in 11 patients undergoing Caesarean section under general anaesthesia were measured with this technique. Increases in cardiac output after induction and commencement of surgery (mean 19%, p < 0.05), and after delivery (mean 19%, p < 0.05) were found.