Why the study?
Spinal anesthesia is increasingly used but may involve unidentified complications such as sudden preventable death, and prolonged QT intervals can cause arrhythmias and sudden death.
Does spinal anesthesia increase the QTc interval in patients undergoing elective surgery?
Observational (n=177)
No
Does spinal anesthesia increase the QTc interval in patients undergoing elective surgery?
Spinal anesthesia with Marcaine significantly prolongs the QTc interval, highlighting the potential need for ECG monitoring to prevent arrhythmias in susceptible patients.
Background and Aim: A prolonged QT interval is one of the causes of sudden death and the occurrence of arrhythmias. It is needed to revision more the increasing frequency of spinal anesthesia and unidentified causes of some of its complications, such as sudden and preventable death. This study aimed at examining the QTc interval changes in patients undergoing spinal anesthesia for elective surgery. Materials and Methods: This is an analytical study conducted from March 2020 till Feb 2022. We studied QTc interval changes before, during and after the spinal anesthesia. 177 patients aged 20-60 years selected for spinal anesthesia. The electrocardiogram (ECG) performed three periods before and 10 and 150 minutes after anesthesia. Data collected and analyzed via SPSS ver. 14.5. The significance level was P-value<0.05. Results:
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Sahebanmaleki et al. (2023) conducted an observational in Elective surgery requiring spinal anesthesia (n=177). Spinal anesthesia (Marcaine) vs. Pre-anesthesia baseline was evaluated on QTc interval (p=0.03).
Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context: