Evaluation of Side Effects of General and Spinal Anesthesia during Caesarean Section

Abstract

Background: In both developed as well as developing countries, now a day, the proportion of women electing for cesarean delivery has increased. In cesarean delivery, application of anesthesia is a must. Several studies compared anesthesia modalities in cesarean section regarding clinical outcomes, complications and side-effects. But in Bangladesh, we have very limited research-based information regarding those issues. Aim of the Study: The aim of this study was to evaluate of the side effects of general and spinal anesthesia during caesarean section. Methods: This was a prospective observational study which was conducted in Department of Aneaesthesia, ICU & Pain Medicine, Shaheed Suharawardy Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh during the period from January 2021 to December 2021. In this study, in total 60 randomly selected patients of caesarean section was the study population. The total study subjects were divided into two groups containing 30 participants in each. In group 1, general anesthesia and in group 2 spinal anesthesia were used during caesarean section. All the demographic as well as clinical data were recorded. As per necessity data were processed, analyzed and disseminated by using MS Excel and SPSS version 23.0 program. Results: In this study, in analyzing the side effects of the respondents causing general anesthesia we found vomiting, headache and pain as the most frequent side effects which was observed in 27%, 40% and 50% cases respectively. On the other hand, in analyzing the side effects of the respondents causing spinal anesthesia we found headache, pain and hypertension as the most frequent side effects which was observed in 27%, 47% and 37% cases respectively. Besides those, fever and infection were found in some cases in both the groups as the side effects of anesthesia. Conclusion: In both general as well as spinal anesthesia there are some unavoidable side effects. Although, pain and headache are two common side effect ........