A comparison of the pelvic angle applied using lateral table tilt or a pelvic wedge at elective caesarean section

Anaesthesia

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1327-1331

  Kinsella, S M ^a   Harvey, N L ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; OPERATING TABLE; OPERATING TABLE TILT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PELVIC WEDGE; PELVIS; PREGNANT WOMAN; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TILTING;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; OPERATING TABLES; PATIENT POSITIONING; PELVIS; POSTURE; PREGNANCY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 84868661279     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2012.07332.x     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Kinsella SM, Whitwam JG, Spencer JAD,. Aortic compression by the uterus: identification with the Finapres digital arterial pressure instrument. British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 1990; 97: 700-5.
2. Bamber JH, Dresner M,. Aortocaval compression in pregnancy: the effect of changing the degree and direction of lateral tilt on maternal cardiac output. Anesthesia and Analgesia 2003; 97: 256-8.
3. Eckstein KL, Marx GF,. Aortocaval compression and uterine displacement. Anesthesiology 1974; 40: 92-6.
4. Kinsella SM,. Lateral tilt for pregnant women: why 15 degrees? Anaesthesia 2003; 58: 833-7.
5. Jones SJ, Kinsella SM, Donald FA,. Comparison of measured and estimated angles of table tilt at caesarean section. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2003; 90: 86-7.
6. Swami A, Sharpe P, Bourne TM,. Comparison of measured and estimated angles of operating table tilt among varying grades of anaesthetists. International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia 2004; 13: S10.
7. o of left lateral table tilt before and after education. International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia 2006; 15: S39.
8. Combeer A, Hawksley S,. Audit of perception and application of 15 - left lateral table tilt for obstetric anaesthesia. International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia 2008; 17: S28.
9. Hodgson RL, Kinsella SM, Harvey NL,. Does BMI influence degree of pelvic tilt produced by a wedge? International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia 2008; 17: S11.
10. Kinsella SM,. A device for measuring the degree of lateral pelvic tilt during supine recumbency. Anesthesia and Analgesia 1995; 80: 204-5.
11. Kundra P, Velraj J, Amirthalingam U, et al., Effect of positioning from supine and left lateral positions to left lateral tilt on maternal blood flow velocities and waveforms in full-term parturients. Anaesthesia 2012; 67: 889-93.
12. Crawford JS, Burton M, Davies P,. Time and lateral tilt at Caesarean section. British Journal of Anaesthesia 1972; 44: 477-84.
13. Grewal BS, Suri I,. Measured angle of tilt achieved by an inflatable balloon wedge: is visual assessment a valid predictor? International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia 2009; 18: S40.
14. Pinder A, Bamber J, Dresner M,. A cardiodynamic investigation of the use of lateral tilt during spinal anaesthesia. International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia 2001; 10: 226.
15. Ellington C, Katz VL, Watson WJ, Spielman FJ,. The effect of lateral tilt on maternal and fetal hemodynamic variables. Obstetrics and Gynecology 1991; 77: 201-3.
16. Mendonca C, Griffiths J, Ateleanu B, Collis RE,. Hypotension following combined spinal-epidural anaesthesia for Caesarean section: left lateral position vs. tilted supine position. Anaesthesia 2003; 58: 428-31.
17. Siegmueller C,. A simple device as a guide to 15 degrees tilt during Caesarean section. Anaesthesia 2003; 58: 934.
18. o tilt during caesarean section. Anaesthesia 2012; 67: 551-2.
19. Lee SWY, Khaw KS, Kee WDN, et al., A new bedside technique for detecting inferior vena cava compression in term parturients. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2007; 35: 638.
20. Zhou ZQ, Shao Q, Zeng Q, Song J, Yang JJ,. Lumbar wedge versus pelvic wedge in preventing hypotension following combined spinal epidural anaesthesia for caesarean delivery. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2008; 36: 839-43.