Objective To discuss the effect of continuous phenylephrine infusion and single-dose phenylephrine injection on puerpera undergoing spinal and epidural combined anesthesia and the infant outcomes. Methods A total of 50 patients scheduled for selective cesarean section under combined spinal and epidural anesthesia were selected as the study subjects between July 2015 and June 2016. They were randomly allocated into two groups with 25 in each. Group CII underwent continuous phenylephrine infusion [0.5 μg/(kg·min)] immediately after anesthesia to adjust the blood pressure, while group CON accepted single-dose phenylephrine injection (50 μg) after anesthesia when systolic pressure was lower than 90 mm Hg (1 mm Hg=0.133 kPa) or when the decrease of mean arterial pressure (MAP) was higher than 20% of the base value. The infusion of phenylephrine was stopped after the fetus was taken out. MAP, cardiac output, cardiac index (CI) at the time when the patient went into the delivery room (T1), before anesthesia (T2), 1 minute after anesthesia (T3), 3 minutes after anesthesia (T4), 10 minutes after anesthesia (T5), and delivery (T6) were recorded. Blood gas analysis of fetal umbilical arterial blood was carried out and neonatal Apgar score was recorded. Results Hemodynamics was more stable in group CII compared with group CON. Heart rate at T4 and T5, and cardiac output at T5 and T6 in group CON were significantly lower than those in group CII (P<0.05). The neonatal umbilical arterial blood pH value, base excess and HCO3－ were all significantly lower, while partial pressure of carbon dioxide was significantly higher in group CON than group CII (P<0.05). Conclusion Compared with single-dose phenylephrine injection, continuous phenylephrine infusion has more stable hemodynamics, and exert less effect on maternal and infant outcomes for patients undergoing cesarean section under combined spinal and epidural anesthesia.
Objective To explore the effect of epidural analgesia for labor on maternal temperature and the newborns. Methods This randomized trial was performed in West China Second Hospital between December 2015 and July 2016. Fifty puerperants were randomly divided into epidural analgesia (EA) group (natural labor under EA, n=25) or the control group (natural labor using Ramaze breathing method, n=25). Maternal tympanic temperature was recorded once per hour after treating with painless labor or blank control. The serum interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β) and heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) level were measured from the blood of the umbilical cord after the delivery. Apgar scores of the newborns were also recorded. Results There was a significant difference in the temperature between EA and control group one hour after the treatment of painless labor [ (36.9±0.7) and (36.4±0.5)℃]. The level of serum IL-1β and HSP70 were significantly higher in EA group [IL-1β: (0.308±0.036) ng/mL; HSP70: 1.175±0.196] than those in the control group [IL-1β: (0.244±0.031) ng/mL; HSP70: 0.935±0.308] (P<0.05). However, no significant difference was found in the neonatal Apgar score (P>0.05). Conclusions The increase of maternal temperature is greater in the EA labor puerperants compared with that in the controls, which may be related to the increase of IL-1β and HSP70. No adverse effect of labor analgesia on new borns is found