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Ketamine Clinical Trials

Effect of Body Mass Index on the ED95 of Intrathecal Hyperbaric Bupivacaine for Elective Cesarean Section

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Id: NCT00403663

Organisation Name: Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital

Overal Status: Completed

Start Date: October 2006

Last Update: July 30, 2009

Lead Sponsor: Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital

Brief Summary: Combined spinal - epidural (CSE) anesthesia is a well established technique used for elective Cesarean section. As its name suggests, it combines two anesthesia techniques - spinal and epidural. Adjusting the dose of freezing medication for body size is not as simple as giving a larger dose to a larger person. This study asks a simple, yet important question: does your body mass index (BMI) influence the amount of freezing medication needed for adequate CSE anesthesia for Cesarean section? BMI is a number calculated from your height and weight. In patients with a higher BMI, freezing medication appears to spread farther (to a higher level) in the spinal fluid. When freezing is too high, it can cause unwanted side effects. Therefore, in order to provide optimal spinal anesthesia to patients with a higher BMI, it may be advisable to administer less freezing medication. In this study, we want to find the ideal dose of freezing medication for patients with a higher body mass index, and compare it to the dose found to be ideal for patients with normal body mass index.

• Pain
• Obesity