Introduction
Patients and methods
Epidural analgesia (EA)
Hemodynamic evaluation
Computerized cardiotocography (cCTG)
Statistical analysis
Results
Whole population | Low TVR | High TVR | P < | |
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No. patients | 55 | 39 | 16 | |
Age (years) | 31.55 ± 5.36 | 30.20 ± 6.61 | 30.55 ± 5.91 | n.s |
BMI (Kg/m2) | 24.13 ± 4.83 | 23.22 ± 2.74 | 23.53 ± 4.34 | n.s |
Gestational weeks | 39.74 ± 0.91 | 40.2 ± 0.83 | 39.77 ± 0.86 | n.s |
Birthwheight (g) | 3437.45 ± 343.26 | 3490.12 ± 339.31 | 3381.20 ± 398.15 | n.s |
Rate of cesarean section | 18.1% [10] | 8.5% [4] | 15.3% [6] | n.s |
Apgar Score 1’ | 8.86 ± 0.94 | 9.00 ± 0.35 | 8.60 ± 0.89 | n.s |
Low TVR Group | T0 | p < | T1 | p < | T2 | p < |
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TVR (dyne/sec/cm−5) | 1161.19 ± 178.27 | < 0.05 | 1278.61 ± 271.13 | n.s | 1279.25 ± 393.25 | n.s |
CO (L/min) | 5.52 ± 0.52 | < 0.001 | 4.84 ± 0.51 | < 0.05 | 5.37 ± 0.79 | n.s |
HR (bpm) | 77.40 ± 9.31 | n.s | 74.20 ± 10.32 | < 0.001 | 89.25 ± 11.34 | < 0.001 |
SV (mL) | 72.20 ± 9.54 | < 0.001 | 65.60 ± 4.87 | < 0.001 | 58.75 ± 8.18 | < 0.001 |
SBP (mmHg) | 108.21 ± 17.88 | n.s | 104.32 ± 13.41 | < 0.05 | 111.25 ± 14.36 | n.s |
DBP (mmHg) | 64.32 ± 8.94 | n.s | 61.57 ± 7.89 | n.s | 63.75 ± 14.93 | n.s |
cCTG STV (msec) | 12.35 ± 6.45 | |||||
cCTG Decelerations | 0.66 ± 2.33 |
High TVR Group | T0 | P < | T1 | P < | T2 | P < |
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TVR (dyne/sec/cm− 5) | 2093.96 ± 615.31 | n.s. | 1846.22 ± 481.52 | n.s. | 1668.44 ± 438.37 | < 0.05 |
CO (L/min) | 3.6 ± 0.88 | n.s. | 3.84 ± 0.87 | < 0.05 | 4.61 ± 1.03 | < 0.05 |
HR (bpm) | 88.88 ± 11.78 | n.s. | 80.03 ± 16.11 | n.s. | 91.66 ± 18.10 | n.s. |
SV (mL) | 42.70 ± 13.73 | n.s. | 49.44 ± 12.71 | n.s. | 51.94 ± 13.08 | n.s. |
SBP (mmHg) | 116.48 ± 12.56 | n.s. | 111.66 ± 12.86 | n.s. | 119.16 ± 11.14 | n.s. |
DBP (mmHg) | 71.48 ± 9.58 | n.s. | 68.70 ± 8.50 | n.s. | 71.11 ± 9.00 | n.s. |
cCTG STV (msec) | 8.4 ± 3.23 | |||||
cCTG Decelerations | 2.45 ± 5.25 |