Phenylephrine versus noradrenaline for caesarean delivery under spinal anaesthesia

Abstract

Presentation: the reply has not been presented previously, but the ESAIC/ESRA guidelines have been presented as a lecture at the Euroanaesthesia meeting, 4 to 6 June 2022, Milan This manuscript was handled by Fanny Bonhomme.

Reply to: phenylephrine versus noradrenaline for caesarean delivery under spinal anaesthesia

“…We appreciate the interest by Lee et al 1 in our article “Neonatal outcomes following prophylactic administration of phenylephrine or noradrenaline in women undergoing scheduled caesarean delivery: A randomised clinical trial.” 2 First of all the authors raised the concern of higher dose of P as compared to N. In our study, group P received 60 μg of P as a bolus and then a continuous intravenous infusion at 100 μg min –1 . In group N, 6 μg of N was injected as a bolus, followed by infusion at 5 μg min –1 .…”