EXTRADURAL ANALGESIA FOR CAESAREAN SECTION: A COMPARISON WITH GENERAL ANAESTHESIA |
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| Authors: | DOWNING, J. W. HOULTON, P. C. BARCLAY, A. |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Anaesthetics P.O. Box 17039, Congella, 4013, Durban, South Africa |
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| Abstract: | Thirty-two patients received lumbar extradural anaesthesia forelective Caesarean section. The results obtained from this serieswere compared with those from a similar (control) group of parturientswho received general anaesthesia. The extradural group (mothersand infants) were metabolically acidaemic relative to control.However, maternal to fetal blood-gas differences were comparablein the two series. Infants sustained respiration more rapidlyafter regional blockade, otherwise the clinical condition ofthe infants was similar with extradural and general anaesthesia.No advantage of conduction over general anaesthesia was evidentfrom this study, with respect to the biochemical status of theinfant at birth. |
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