Abstract
Hypotension is the most dangerous event following spinal anaesthesia. Various measures are being adopted to treat this condition. We studied the efficacy of orally administered ephedrine for the prophylaxis of hypotension following spinal anaesthesia. Around 100 patients belonging to ASA grade I undergoing lower abdominal and scrotal surgeries were randomly allocated equally into two groups (E,C). Group E received 30 mg of oral ephedrine and Group C received a placebo 30 minutes before spinal anesthesia. We found that the incidence of hypotension and the need for the use of intravenous ephedrine for treatment of hypotension was lower in the patients who received oral ephedrine prophylaxis. There were no significant side effects noticed due to the administration of oral ephedrine prophylaxis.
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