• Can Anaesth Soc J · May 1982

    Comparative Study

    A comparison of T4 and T7 dermatomal levels of analgesia for caesarean section using the lumbar epidural technique.

    • J B Craft, M F Roizen, S D Dao, M Edwards, and R Gilman.
    • Can Anaesth Soc J. 1982 May 1; 29 (3): 264-9.

    AbstractWe compared analgesia to the T4 dermatomal level with analgesia to the T7 level with and without prophylactic intramuscular administration of ephedrine 25 mg to determine the adequacy and side effects of such analgesia for caesarean section. Unmedicated patients were prehydrated (727 +/- 303 ml of saline solution) and kept in a left lateral tilt position. Sufficient three per cent chloroprocaine was given to obtain analgesia to the T7 (T6-T8) dermatomal level (455 +/- 128 mg) or to the T4 (T3-T5) dermatomal level (758 +/- 168 mg). Patients who received analgesia to the higher level required less narcotic than those who received analgesia to the lower level (21 per cent versus 48 per cent) (p less than 0.05). The incidence of hypotension in patients with analgesia at the T4 level was 21 per cent for those receiving ephedrine and 64 per cent for those who did not receive ephedrine (p less than 0.05). Intramuscular administration of ephedrine 25 mg was not associated with increased plasma levels of norepinephrine, epinephrine or dopamine. There was no difference in Apgar score, behavioural test scores, neonatal acid-base status or oxygenation in children of mothers in the different groups. We conclude that a T4 dermatomal level of analgesia combined with intramuscular administration of ephedrine 25 mg, provides more maternal comfort than a T7 level of analgesia does, with or without ephedrine, and is without significant maternal or foetal side effects.

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