Title Heart Rate Variability as A Predictor of Hypotension Following Spinal Anesthesia for Elective Caesarian Section in Preeclamptic Parturients: A Descriptive Observational Study.
Author Shehata, Jehan Helmy; El Sakka, Ahmed Ibrahim; Omran, Amina; Gbre, Mahmoud Abdeltawab Mahmoud Atia; Mohamed, Ahmed Abdalla; Fetouh, Ahmed Mohamed; Abourhama, Abdelrahman Ahmed Aly Hassan; Belita, Mohamed Ibrahim
Journal Open Access Maced J Med Sci Publication Year/Month 2019-Dec
PMID 32165949 PMCID PMC7061395
Affiliation + expend 1.Department of Anesthesiology & ICU, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

AIM: In this study we aimed to find out the heart rate variability measuring using electrical cardiometry is not reliable as a predictor for hypotension following spinal anesthesia in preeclamptic parturients undergoing elective cesarean section. METHODS: Electrical Cardiometry system was used to measure Heart rate variability (HRV) at five different time points before fluid loading (T0, baseline), after fluid loading (T1), 5 min after spinal anaesthesia (T2), 15 min after spinal anaesthesia (T3) and 30 min after spinal anaesthesia (T4). Traditional HRV measurement was determined using time-domain analysis. This Observational descriptive cohort study was conducted in Kasr Al-Ainy Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University from February 2018 till June 2019, after approval of the Ethical Committee and written patients consent. RESULTS: The main finding of the current study is that heart rate variability measuring using electrical cardiometry is not reliable as a predictor for hypotension following spinal anaesthesia in preeclamptic parturients undergoing elective cesarean section. CONCLUSION: Heart rate variability cannot be used as a predictor for hypotension following spinal anaesthesia in preeclamptic patients undergoing elective caesarean section using electrical cardiometry.

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