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The effect of 10° head-up tilt in the ri

The effect of 10° head-up tilt in the right lateral position on the systemic blood pressure after subarachnoid block for Caesarean section

✍ G. P. Y. Loke; E. H. Y. Chan; A. T. H. Sia 📂 Article 📅 2002 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 71 KB

Forty women presenting for elective Caesarean section under spinal anaesthesia were randomly assigned to have anaesthesia induced in the right lateral position either in the horizontal position or with 10° head‐up tilt. Hyperbaric bupivacaine 2 ml 0.5% with 0.1 mg of morphine was injected intratheca