PMID: 8949809Sep 1, 1996Paper

Acid-base state of cerebrospinal fluid during pregnancy and its effect on spread of spinal anaesthesia

British Journal of Anaesthesia
Y HirabayashiT Igarashi

Abstract

To assess the possible relationship between changes in acid-base state of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and enhanced spread of spinal anaesthesia during pregnancy, we have measured CSF pH, carbon dioxide tension (PCO2) and HCO3- values in 73 women undergoing spinal anaesthesia with hyperbaric amethocaine 8 mg. Patients were allocated to one of four groups according to gestational period: non-pregnant group (n = 13), first trimester group (8-13 weeks, n = 19), second trimester group (14-26 weeks, n = 11) and third trimester group (27-39 weeks, n = 30). The pH of the CSF was greater in the second and third trimester groups than in the non-pregnant group. CSF PCO2 decreased by 0.53-0.8 kPa throughout pregnancy. CSF HCO3- was decreased throughout pregnancy. Overall, no clinically significant correlation was found between maximum cephalad spread of analgesia and CSF pH, PCO2 or HCO3-. We conclude that pregnancy-induced changes in acid-base state of CSF have little effect on the spread of spinal anaesthesia, although there is a clinically different spread of spinal anaesthesia between non-pregnant and pregnant states.

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