Abstract：
BACKGROUND:There are no studies comparing local anaesthetic requirements for obese and normal parturients. Obesity has been associated with a higher incidence of Caesarean section and higher levels of epidural block have also been found in obese obstetric patients, suggesting they may require less local anaesthetic. The aim of our study was to estimate the minimum local analgesic concentration (MLAC) of bupivacaine for obese and non-obese parturients. METHODS:Otherwise healthy parturients (n=32) requesting epidural analgesia were enrolled in this up-down sequential allocation study. Women were in active labour (3-6 cm cervical dilatation) with visual analogue pain scores (VAPS) >40/100 mm. Subjects with BMI >30 kg m(-2) were allocated to the obese group and BMI < or = 30 kg m(-2) were allocated to the normal group. The initial epidural dose for both groups was 20 ml 0.1% w/v bupivacaine (20 mg), with a dosing increment of 0.01% w/v VAPS < or = 10/100 mm defined effective analgesia. The MLAC was estimated using up-down reversals and probit regression with P<0.05 as significant. RESULTS:Groups were similar except for BMI and weight (P<0.001). Local anaesthetic requirements were significantly (P<0.001) reduced by a factor of 1.68 (95% CI 1.32-2.29) in the obese group, with significantly higher initial level of block (P<0.001). CONCLUSION:We found obese parturients to have significantly decreased epidural bupivacaine analgesic requirements. A contributing factor to obese patients having more difficult labours may be that relatively larger doses of local anaesthetic are administered than actually required. It may be worth considering lowering the concentrations and doses with which we initiate analgesia in obese parturients.
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Br J Anaesthjournal_title
British journal of anaesthesiaauthors
Panni MK,Columb MOdoi
10.1093/bja/aei284subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2006-01-01 00:00:00pages
106-10issue
1eissn
0007-0912issn
1471-6771pii
S0007-0912(17)35272-8journal_volume
96pub_type
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