In this study we will determine the ability of preoperative ultrasonographic evaluation of the right common femoral vein diameter to predict spinal anesthesia-induced hypotension in elderly patients.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
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68
preoperative ultrasonographic evaluation of right common femoral vein diameter to predict spinal anesthesia-induced hypotension in elderly patients
Cairo university hospital
Cairo, Giza Governorate, Egypt
The sensitivity of the transverse diameter (mm) value of the right common femoral vein as measured by ultrasound before anesthesia to predict spinal aneshesia-induced hypotension in elderly patients.
Time frame: 30 minutes after spinal anesthesia
Incidence of spinal anesthesia-induced hypotension in elderly
Time frame: 30 minutes after spinal anesthesia
The sensitivity of the peak velocity of blood flow (mm/s) in the right common femoral vein as measured by ultrasound before anesthesia to predict spinal anesthesia-induced hypotension in elderly patients
Time frame: 30 minutes after spinal anesthesia
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