Open AccessCombined Spinal Epidural Does Not Cause a Higher Sensory Block than Single Shot Spinal Technique for Cesarean Delivery in Laboring Women
Author(s) -
Yong Kuei Lim,
Wey Chyi Teoh,
Angelia Sia
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/01.ane.0000243392.91765.52
Subject(s) - medicine , single shot , cesarean delivery , combined spinal epidural , shot (pellet) , anesthesia , block (permutation group theory) , surgery , pregnancy , biology , genetics , chemistry , geometry , mathematics , organic chemistry , physics , optics
The combined spinal epidural (CSE) technique has been shown to result in a higher sensory block than an equivalent single shot spinal (SSS) in women undergoing elective cesarean delivery. We tested whether this is true also in laboring women who may have variable epidural pressures.