title: CONTINUOUS NON-INVASIVE ARTERIAL PRESSURE DEVICE AS AN ADJUNCT TO RECOGNIZE FLUCTUATING BLOOD PRESSURES DURING ELECTIVE CESAREAN SECTION UNDER SUBARACHNOID BLOCKADE (SAB).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Measuring non-invasive blood pressure (NIBP) in less than one minute intervals (STAT NIBP measurements) is not always feasible. Therefore, large number of undetectable hypotension episodes can only be recognized with continuous beat to beat monitoring of blood pressure, for example, by continuous non-invasive arterial pressure monitor (CNAP).
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of the current study was to investigate whether CNAP correlates well with conventional intermittent oscillometric NIBP during elective cesarean sections under subarachnoid blockade (SAB) and whether CNAP based patient management results in improved immediate maternal vasopressor requirements and improved immediate fetal/neonatal outcomes compared with NIBP based patient management.
  
  
  METHODS
  The CNAP finger cuff together with the CNAP arm cuff were placed on the same arm which also had the peripheral intravenous access.. On the contralateral arm the conventional NIBP arm cuff was placed. Study Group: The patients were managed by the anesthesia provider based on the CNAP monitor readings. Control Group: The patients were managed by the anesthesia provider based on the NIBP monitor readings. Results: The CNAP-based treatment (study) group had a statistically significant lower use of oxytocin and lower estimated blood loss than the NIBP-based treatment (control) group. The differences in incidences of vasopressors use and peri-operative nausea vomiting between study group and control group did not reach statistical significance. CNAP readings were more likely to be in systolic hypotensive phases (<l00mmHg) and diastolic hypertensive phases (>80mmHg) as compared to NIBP readings.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Continuous non-invasive arterial pressure (CNAP) device may ONLY act as an adjunct to recognize fluctuating blood pressures during elective cesarean section under subarachnoid blockade (SAB).
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Vitaly
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Soskin
authors.forename: Milos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marjanovic
authors.forename: Hassan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Amhaz
authors.forename: Ashish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mazumdar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical; D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D015924:Blood Pressure Monitors; D002585:Cesarean Section; D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D009991:Oscillometry; D011247:Pregnancy; D013346:Subarachnoid Space