anaesthesia for caesarean delivery: epidurals and spinals ... · marc van de velde, md, phd, edra....
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Marc Van de Velde, MD, PhD, EDRA.
Professor of Anaesthesia, Department Cardiovascular Sciences, Catholic University
Leuven (KUL)
Chair Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospitals Leuven (UZL)
Leuven, Belgium
Anaesthesia for Caesarean Delivery:
Epidurals and Spinals: Magic Mixtures to Ensure Success
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Conflict of Interest• Holder of the “Baxter UZLeuven Anaesthesia Research Chair 2012 – 2014”
• Holder of the “Noble Gas Research Fund” supported by Air Liquide.
• Received financial support of the following companies for either research,
consultancy or lectures:
– AstraZeneca.
– Glaxo Smith Kline.
– Airliquide.
– BBraun.
– Baxter.
– Abvie.
– Smiths Medical.
– Kimberley Clarck.
• Currently involved in multicenter trials initiated by the following
pharmaceutical companies:
– MSD, Air Liquide
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Lecture outline
Emergency –
unplanned C-section
Planned C-section
De Novo Epidural SSS or CSE
General Anesthesia
De Novo Epidural SSS or CSE
General Anesthesia
Topped-up Epidural
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Single shot spinal or CSE
• Two important issues:
– Hypotension.
– Quality of Anaesthesia.
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Spinal anaesthesia: hypotension.
Ngan Kee et al. Anesth Analg 2000; 90, 1390-1395.
% of patients
without hypotension.
Terclani et al.: 46 %.
Jouppila et al.: 100 %.
Karinen et al.: 23 %.
Rout et al.: 50 – 60 %.
% of patients
with hypotension.
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Consequences of hypotension.
• Maternal discomfort: – Nausea and vomiting.
– Failure to cooperate.
– Complications of treatment:• Pulmonary edema.
• Hypertension.
• Fetal acidosis – worse fetal outcome.– Reduced utero-placental perfusion.
– Impaired fetal oxygenation.
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Failure – inadequate anaesthesia
• 0.5 – 6% complete failure rate.
– Defined as the need for an alternative
anaesthetic technique.
• Much higher partial failure rate: 5 –
25%.
– Defined as the need for intravenous or
inhalational additional analgesia.
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Kinsella. Anaesthesia 2008; 63, 822 – 832.
6% failure rate
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Local Anaesthetic Opioid
Other Adjuvants
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Local Anaesthetic Opioid
Other Adjuvants
Intraoperative Postoperative
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Spread: Posture x baricity.
Local Anaesthetic
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Hyperbaric solution
Hypobaric solution
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Hyperbaric solution Hypobaric solution
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• 150 patients.
• 6 groups.
• Hypo-; iso-; hyperbaric.
• Sitting vs right lateral.
• CSE technique.
• Sensory spread.
• Motor block.
• Hypotension.
• Ephedrine use.
The Effect of Posture and Baricity on the Spread of Intrathecal Bupivacaine for Elective Cesarean Delivery.
Hallworth, Stephen; Fernando, Roshan; Columb, Malachy; Stocks, GaryAnesthesia & Analgesia. 100(4):1159-1165, April 2005.
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The Effect of Posture and Baricity on the Spread of Intrathecal Bupivacaine for Elective Cesarean Delivery.
Hallworth, Stephen; Fernando, Roshan; Columb, Malachy; Stocks, GaryAnesthesia & Analgesia. 100(4):1159-1165, April 2005.
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The Effect of Posture and Baricity on the Spread of Intrathecal Bupivacaine for Elective Cesarean Delivery.
Hallworth, Stephen; Fernando, Roshan; Columb, Malachy; Stocks, GaryAnesthesia & Analgesia. 100(4):1159-1165, April 2005.
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The Effect of Posture and Baricity on the Spread of Intrathecal Bupivacaine for Elective Cesarean Delivery.
Hallworth, Stephen; Fernando, Roshan; Columb, Malachy; Stocks, GaryAnesthesia & Analgesia. 100(4):1159-1165, April 2005.
- Lateral position: baricity did not influence local anaesthetic spread.
- Sitting position: increasing block height with decreasing baricity.
- Hypobaric solutions: large variability and unpredictability.
- Hypotension increased with decreasing baricity.
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Type & Dose
Local Anaesthetic
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ED50: 16.7 mg
ED95: 26.8 mg
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Dose of local anaesthetic (mg)
Percentage responders (%)
Bupivacaine
Levobupivacaine
Ropivacaine
ED 50 (95%CI) ED 95 (95%CI)
Bupivacaine 5.417 (4.398 – 6.028) 8.633 (7.876 – 10.104)
Ropivacaine 7.512 (6.743 – 8.178) 12.328 (11.077 – 14.706)
Levobupivacaine 7.246 (6.145 – 8.064) 13.277 (11.584 – 17.102)
Roofthooft et al. IJOA 2007; 16, S6.
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Relative potency.
Van de Velde et al. Anesthesiology 2007; 106, 149 – 156.
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Less hypotension.
High dose Low dose
Fan et al. 1994 50% 5%
Ben-David et al. 2000 90 % 30 %
Choi et al. 2006 45 % 22 %
Van de Velde et al. 2006 64 % 16 %
Teoh et al. 2006 73 % 14 %
Kaya et al. 2007 100 % 70 %
Incidence of hypotension in high vs low dose bupivacaine treated patients
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Forest plot for hypotension comparing LD vs CD: individual trials and meta-analysis.
Arzola C , Wieczorek P M Br. J. Anaesth. 2011;107:308-318
© The Author [2011]. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Journal of
Anaesthesia. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: [email protected]
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Forest plot for analgesic supplementation comparing LD vs CD: individual trials and meta-
analysis.
Arzola C , Wieczorek P M Br. J. Anaesth. 2011;107:308-318
© The Author [2011]. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Journal of
Anaesthesia. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: [email protected]
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Analgesic supplementation: not
correct – epidural augmentation is
an integral part of the technique.
Certain studies were not included.
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Walters et al. IJOA 2011; 20, Suppl, S6.
Walters et al. IJOA 2011; 20, Suppl, S13.
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Opioid
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IJOA 2007; 16, 17 – 21.
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Palmer et al. Anesthesiology 1999; 90, 437 - 444.
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Lecture outline
Emergency –
unplanned C-section
Planned C-section
De Novo Epidural SSS or CSE
General Anesthesia
De Novo Epidural SSS or CSE
General Anesthesia
Topped-up Epidural
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When and where ?
Labour Room Operating Room
If in labour room:
Titrated/slow injection
Safest drugs available
Anesthetist does not leave patient unattended
Vasoactive drugs available
Depends on local situation.
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Risk factors of failure to convert a
labour epidural for C-section.
• Number of clinician top-ups.
• Maternal height and BMI.
• Epidural technique.
• Degree of urgency.
• Duration of epidural catheter use.
Halpern et a. BJA 2009; 102, 240 – 243. Lee et al. Anesth Analg 2009; 108, 252 – 254.
Orbach-Singer et al. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2006; 50, 1014 – 1018.
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Prevention of failure.
• Regular evaluation.
• Active management of doubtful catheters.
• Early resite.
• Combined spinal epidural technique.
• Adequate testing prior to incision !
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Local Anesthetic:
- Lidocaine.
- Bupivacaine.
- Levobupivacaine.
- Ropivacaine.
- Chloro-procaine.
Opioid adjuvants:
- Fentanyl.
- Sufentanil.
- Morphine.
- Diamorphine.
Other adjuvants:
-Adrenaline.
-Neostigmine.
-Clonidine.
-Magnesium.
-…..
Alkalinisation
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Lidocaine 2%
Epinephrine
± Fentanyl
Ropivacaine 0.75%
± Fentanyl
Lidocaine 2%
Epinephrine
Bicarbonate
Chloroprocaine 3%
Levobupivacaine
Bupivacaine
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Speed of onset.
Quality of Anaesthesia:
intraoperative pain.
conversion to GA.
Maternal side-effects:
- Toxicity.
- Drug mixing errors.
Fetal side-effects.
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Speed of Onset LEB > LEF > R 0.75
LEF ≥ LEB > R 0.75 (mixing time)
Quality of Anesthesia R 0.75 > LEF = LEB
Toxicity risk LEB = LEF > R 0.75
Potential for drug errors R 0.75 > LEF > LEB
Fetal effects R 0.75 > LEF = LEB
> : Means preferred over
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Conclusions (1).
• Magical spinal mixture:– Hyperbaric local anaesthetic.
– Low dose (caveat: short duration of effective anaesthesia) as part of
CSE.
– Opioid.
– Morphine or diamorphine.
• Magical epidural mixtures:
– Organisational – logistical aspects and protocols are extremely
important and may yield more benefit then the actual magical mixture
used !
– STOP using Levo and Bupi.
– LEF or LEB or Ropivacaine 0.75% are good mixtures. Choice must be
based on local practice.
– Additional opioids not required.
– Individualized patient management.
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