TY  - JOUR
T1  - SUpine hypotension syndrome during cesarean section
AU  - Marx GF
Y1  - 1969/03/10
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1969.03150230117018
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1903
EP  - 1905
VL  - 207
IS  - 10
N2  - Elective repeat cesarean section was scheduled for a 28-year-old woman, 39 weeks' pregnant. She had undergone her first section eight years ago for cephalopelvic disproportion and had had two subsequent transabdominal deliveries, the most recent 14 months ago. The antenatal course of this pregnancy was uneventful, and the patient's physical status was within normal limits.The patient was given atropine, 0.4 mg, preoperatively. On arrival in the operating room, she was lying comfortably on her back; blood pressure was 105/60 mm Hg; pulse rate, 92 beats per minute. An intravenous infusion was started and 800 ml of lactated Ringer's solution with dextrose were administered within 20 minutes. At this time blood pressure was 110/70 mm Hg and pulse rate, 88 beats per minute. A spinal block (8 mg tetracaine [Pontocaine]) was given with the patient in the lateral decubitus position. After the patient was returned to the supine position, blood
SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1969.03150230117018
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1969.03150230117018
ER  -