A Comparison Between the Effects of Preloading with Ringer’s Solution and Voluven on Hemodynamic Changes in Patients Undergoing Elective Cesarean Section Under Spinal Anesthesia

INTRODUCTION: The most common complications after spinal anesthesia for Cesarean section is hypotension. Administration of intravenous crystalloid or colloid fluid before the induction of anesthesia is a way to prevent it. AIM: The aim of this study was to compare the effects of preloading with ringer’s solution and Voluven on hemodynamic changes in patients underwent elective Caesarean section under spinal anesthesia. METHODS: This study was conducted on 70 pregnant women. They were randomly divided into two groups of 35. Group I received 10 ml/kg Ringer’s solution (R group) and group II received 10 ml/kg Voluven (V group) over 15 min before spinal anesthesia. Mean SBP, DBP, MAP, HR, SPO2, mean Apgar of newborn at 1 and 5 minutes after birth, mean blood pH and analysis of umbilical venous blood gases of newborns, prevalence of nausea and vomiting, and the rate of shivering and its severity were recorded in the both groups. RESULTS: Blood pH and analysis of blood gases and Apgar of newborn at 1 and 5 minutes after birth were similar in both groups. Shivering did not differ significantly between the two groups. Level of anesthesia and the incidence of nausea and vomiting in the R group were significantly higher than those in the V group (P=0.041 and P=0.029, respectively). CONCLUSION: The administration of both crystalloid and colloid fluids were effective in preventing the hypotension, although the use of Voluven was preferred to Ringer with respect to the level of the blockade and the incidence of nausea and vomiting.