Potential hazards of hypoglycaemia in the parturient
- 1 July 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
- Vol. 34 (4) , 400-402
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03010143
Abstract
Hypoglycaemia can cause serious problems in anaesthetized patients, due to blockade by anaesthesia of the usual compensatory mechanisms. Gravid women develop hypoglycaemia more readily than non-pregnant patients because they live in a state of “accelerated starvation.” Three cases are described of healthy parturients undergoing elective Caesarean section under lumbar epidural analgesia whose post-blockade hypotension was difficult to reverse until their low blood glucose concentrations had been normalized. Further investigations of the role played by blood glucose concentrations in the maintenance of cardiovascular homeostasis in pregnant women are indicated. In the meantime, a preanaesthetic blood glucose determination will facilitate measures to ensure a normal blood glucose level before induction of anaesthesia for Caesarean section. Ľhypoglycémie peut causer de sérieux problèmes chez les patients anesthésiés, en raison du blocage des mécanismes compensatoires habituels. Les femmes enceintes développent une hypoglycémie plus facilement que les patientes qui ne sont pas enceintes parce qu’elles vivent dans un état de “ďinanition accélérée”. On décrit trois parturientes en santé, subissant une césarienne élective sous anesthésie péridurale lombaire, pour lesquelles on a éprouvé de la difficulté à inverser ľhypotension post bloc avant que leur glycémie ne soit normalisée. On signale la poursuite des recherches sur le rôle que joue la glycémie dans le maintien de ľhoméostase cardiovasculaire chez la femme enceinte. Entre-temps, la détermination préanesthésique de la glycémie facilitera les mesures à prendre afin ďassurer une glycémie normale avant ľinduction de ľanesthésie pour une césarienne.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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