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Table 3 Mean (SD) uterine/umbilical artery PI indexes measured by transabdominal ultrasound before and after bupivacaine anaesthesia

From: The effects of spinal anaesthesia for elective caesarean section on uterine and umbilical arterial pulsatility indexes in normotensive and chronic hypertensive pregnant women: a prospective, longitudinal study

T6-T4 anaesthetic blockade

UtA-PI

  

U-PI

 

Normotensive

Hypertensive

p

Normotensive

Hypertensive

p

Before

0.80 (0.20)

0.87 (0.16)

0.022

0.81 (0.10)

0.82 (0.12)

0.596

After

0.78 (0.19)

0.73 (0.15)

0.068

0.81 (0.08)

0.83 (0.12)

0.299

  1. SD, standard deviation; PI, pulsatility index; UtA, uterine artery; U, umbilical artery.
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

ISSN: 1471-2393

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