Vasopressors in C section

Time: 7pm CET | Duration: 60mn
Chair: Frédéric Mercier 🇫🇷
Speaker: Ruth Landau 🇺🇸

Topics

• Understand the importance of preventing and managing spinal hypotension during cesarean section
• Discuss the main three available strategies: (1) fluid pre/co-loading, (2) maternal tilt positioning, and (3) vasopressor use for the prevention/management of hypotension with neuraxial anaesthesia for cesarean section
• Summarize the evidence related to pre/co-loading of crystalloids and colloids for the prevention of hypotension
• Review the dogma related to maternal supine hypotension and tilt positioning for the prevention of hypotension
• Discuss the benefits and side effects of ephedrine, phenylephrine and norepinephrine and best approach for preventing/managing maternal hypotension and optimizing neonatal outcomes
• Evaluate current practices and future directions for predicting and preventing adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes

Target Audience

• Anaesthesiologists
• Anaesthesiology residents
• Anaesthesiology fellows
• Anaesthesia nurses

Keywords

• Obstetric anaesthesia
• Neuraxial anaesthesia
• Neonatal outcomes
• Vasopressors

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This session was held on 28 July 2022.

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