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Table 3 Side effects of anesthesia and neonatal Apgar score and umbilical arterial pH

From: Intrathecal magnesium sulfate does not reduce the ED50 of intrathecal hyperbaric bupivacaine for cesarean delivery in healthy parturients: a prospective, double blinded, randomized dose-response trial using the sequential allocation method

 

Magnesium group

(n = 30)

Control group

(n = 30)

P -Value

Hypotension

6(20.0)

8(26.7)

0.76#

Nausea and vomiting

12(40.0)

9(30.0)

0.59#

Shivering

5 (16.7)

6 (20.0)

1.00#

Pruritus

8(26.7)

7(23.3)

1.00#

PDPH

0 (0%)

1 (3.3)

1.00#

Severe sedation

0

0

 

Respiratory depression

0

0

 

Apgar score

10.0 ± 0.0

10.0 ± 0.0

1.00*

Umbilical artery pH

7.37 ± 0.04

7.38 ± 0.06

0.22*

  1. Data are presented as number (percent) or mean ± SD. PPDH = post dural puncture headache. *Student t test, #Chi-square test