P.22 Reasons for providing general anaesthesia for elective caesarean section

2021 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 103020
Author(s):  
A.R. McCallum ◽  
K. Litchfield ◽  
R.J. Kearns
Keyword(s):  
Caesarean Section ◽  
General Anaesthesia ◽  
Elective Caesarean Section

scholarly journals The Contrasting Effects of Enflurane on Transplacental Exchange after Methohexitone and Ketamine Induction of Anaesthesia for Caesarean Section

1978 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. W. Downing ◽  
P. J. C. Houlton ◽  
J. G. Brock-Utne ◽  
R. J. R. Buley
Keyword(s):  
Caesarean Section ◽  
Beneficial Effect ◽  
General Anaesthesia ◽  
Elective Caesarean Section ◽  
Volatile Agent ◽  
Inhalational Agent ◽  
Induction Of Anaesthesia ◽  
Uterine Relaxation

Supplementation of general anaesthesia with enflurane 0.6% before delivery of the foetus by elective Caesarean section, produced contrasting effects after methohexitone and ketamine administration. Enflurane, an inhalational agent causing vasodilation and uterine relaxation, enhanced maternal to foetal transplacental exchange following methohexitone induction of narcosis. This beneficial effect of the volatile agent was not seen after ketamine, a vasoconstrictor drug which stimulates myometrial contraction.

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