• Left-lateral tilt, aortocaval compression and caesarean section

     
       

    Daniel Jolley.

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    Created October 24, 2018, last updated almost 4 years ago.


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    Is the conventional assumption that left-lateral tilt and uterine displacement avoids aortocaval compression during Caesarean section actually valid?

    50 years of assumed orthodoxy is challenged by studies showing that:

    • True aortal compression is relatively uncommon (Higuchi 2015, Lee 2012).
    • Caval compression is probably near-universal, but also usually not improved by a mere 15 degree tilt. (An impractical 30 degrees is more likely required for meaningful impact!) (Palmer 2015).
    • Caval compression probably has limited haemodynamic or fetal consequences in the fit, well, term parturient (Higuchi 2015; Lee 2012).
    • Judicious use of vasopressor infusions may obviate the need for traditional uterine displacement (Lee 2017; Farber 2017).

    Time to change practice then?

    Not quite yet...

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