Crystalloid versus colloid for circulatory preload for epidural caesarean section.
Sixty mothers were randomly allocated to receive either 2 litres of crystalloid or 1 litre of colloid solution (hydroxyethyl starch) in order to preload the circulation prior to elective Caesarean section under epidural anaesthesia. There were no differences in the incidence of hypotension, degree of haemodilution, umbilical cord blood gas tensions or umbilical blood osmolalities between the two groups.
Murray
A M
AM
Department of Anaesthetics, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London.
Morgan
M
M
Whitwam
J G
JG
D000328:Adult; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002585:Cesarean Section; D003102:Colloids / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000077324:Crystalloid Solutions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006895:Hydroxyethyl Starch Derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007022:Hypotension / Q000517:prevention & control; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D007552:Isotonic Solutions; D010952:Plasma Substitutes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011247:Pregnancy
D003102:Colloids; D000077324:Crystalloid Solutions; D006895:Hydroxyethyl Starch Derivatives; D007552:Isotonic Solutions; D010952:Plasma Substitutes