Table 3 Blood pressure and heart rate changes in patients receiving epidural anesthesia
Epidural block (n = 54) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
|  | COVID-19 ( +) (27) | COVID-19(-) (27) | p-value |
Baseline MAP, median [IQR] | 90.0 [80.0, 99.5] | 89.0 [86.5, 96.0] | 0.799 |
No change in MAP, n (%) | 20 (74) | 20 (74) |  > .999 |
Change in MAP, n (%) | 7 (26) | 7 (26) |  > .999 |
  > 20% | 2(7) | 4(15) | 0.66 |
 20–30% | 0 (0) | 2 (7) |  |
 30–40% | 2 (7) | 2 (7) |  |
  > 40% | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |  |
Baseline heart rate, median [IQR] | 88.0 [80.5, 95.5] | 90.0 [82.5, 99.5] | 0.124 |
Decrease in heart rate, n (%) | 7 (26) | 5 (19) | 0.131 |
Percent change in heart rate | |||
 Less than 20% | 5 (19) | 1 (4) |  |
 20–30% | 2 (7) | 4 (15) |  |
 30–40% | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |  |
  > 40% | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |  |
 Increase in heart rate, n (%) | 7 (39) | 5 (19) | 0.371 |
Percent change in heart rate | |||
 Less than 20% | 3 (11) | 1 (4) |  |
 20–30% | 2 (7) | 3 (11) |  |
 30–40% | 0 (0) | 1 (4) |  |
 Blood loss, ml Vaginal delivery  median [IQR] | 300 | 300 | 0.99 |