Postspinal Hypotension and Cardiac Performance in the Elderly

Karolinska Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; ANESTHESIA

Treatments: Other: Spinal anaesthesia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02978066

2010-2042-31/1

Details and patient eligibility

About

Patients, scheduled for elective arthroplasty were monitored with Lithium Dilution Cardiac Output monitor (LiDCOplus™) before and 45 minutes after spinal anesthesia. Hypotension was defined as systolic blood pressure ≤ 100 mmHg or ≥ 30% decrease from baseline. Associations between hypotension and the hemodynamic changes after preanaesthetic fluid loading and spinal anesthesia were analysed by logistic regression analyses.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• hip or knee arthroplasty
• spinal anaesthesia
• age 65 years or more

Exclusion criteria

• weight <40kg
• concomitant lithium medication
• written informed consent not obtained
• research team unavailable