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Cesarean section under spinal anesthesia OK during antiretroviral therapy.
2002 OCT 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States and the United Kingdom have elucidated the risks of cesarean section during antiretroviral therapy.
"Elective cesarean section decreases the likelihood of vertical human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission from mother to infant," explained Michael S. Avidan and colleagues at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and the King's College Hospital and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Trusts in London, England.
Luckily, Avidan and coauthors found that cesarean section delivery with anesthesia poses little risk to new mothers taking powerful antiretroviral medications.
The researchers compared hemodynamic stability and morbidity risk for HIV+ and healthy women during and after cesarean section delivery. All of the study participants received spinal anesthesia, according to the report.
Blood loss and transfusion requirements were similar for HIV+ and control mothers, as were other hemodynamic measures, study data showed. Postoperative infections also developed at comparable rates in both cohorts.
HIV+ women showed a ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Cesarean section under spinal anesthesia OK during antiretroviral...