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Spinal anesthesia best for very premature infants. (Reduced Mortality).
PHOENIX, ARIZ, -- Spinal anesthesia was associated with a significantly lower risk of mortality among very premature infants than general or epidural anesthesia in a retrospective review of almost 900 women who were delivered by cesarean section.
In a retrospective chart review of cesarean deliveries of infants with a gestational age of 27-32 weeks, neonatal mortality was virtually equal among babies whose mothers had received epidural or general anesthesia and significantly lower if the mothers had been given spinal anesthesia, Dr. Alexandre Mignon reported.
These findings contradict previous suggestions that spinal anesthesia is associated with an increased risk of mortality in very premature infants delivered by cesarean section, he said during the annual meeting of the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology.
From 1993 through 2002, there were 891 women who underwent premature cesarean delivery at Hopital Cochin in Paris, said Dr. ...
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- Reference information from: Webster's NewWorld Dictionary January 1, 1988 700+ words
Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 spinal anesthesia Surgery anesthesia of the lower part of the body by the injection of an anesthetic into the spinal cord, usually in the lumbar region --spinal anesthetic Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.
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