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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 41, 1053-1056, Copyright © 1994 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

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Epidural anaesthesia for elective caesarean section does not influence fetal umbilical artery blood flow indices

GP Marquette, T Mechas, J Charest and E Rey
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

This prospective study was completed to determine the influence of epidural anaesthesia on the fetoplacental circulation of normal subjects. Thirty-seven normal pregnant patients at term, undergoing elective Caesarean section, had Doppler measurements of the fetal umbilical artery blood flow velocity before and after epidural anaesthesia using lidocaine 2% without epinephrine. There were no differences in systolic/diastolic, resistance or pulsality indices following epidural anaesthesia. These results suggest that this technique has no adverse effect on fetoplacental circulation in normal non-labouring subjects.




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